Hound Song Lyrics

Better this than starlets crouched on the sill

Singing the bravery of you

The bravery of all things is a lie

And it will, now or tomorrow, run you through

Better you know this than leave yourself again

Nobody wins in an amplified life

Nobody wins when no dreams are balanced by strife

And better you know this than leave yourself again

Your ills commence into a bucket

And they're blue

And if you think you've had enough

Well, that's probably true

Hey you, oh you, leave off

Hey you, dearest you, stand down

If only you'd grown before you'd known

The witless courage of a hound

Nobody wins in an amplified life

Nobody wins when no dreams are balanced by strife

And better you know this than leave yourself again

Seeds strain into junipers of the wallpaper

In your hut

And from the witchwork of the chimney

First soot falls, then a foot

A face like burning shingles

And a nose like needlepoint

Hands that reach toward you

Extinguishing all your fight

Hey you, oh you, leave off

Hey you, dearest you, stand down

If only you'd grown before you'd known

The witless courage of a hound

The oldest hurt

Is the one the darkness made

The bravest boy

Takes his bravery to his grave

Stop making lines

And you might see how you've done

But watch it too hard

And you might end

Before you've begun

So be well

Just be well

Be well

Be well

In the most of you

That depends on you

Be well

Oh be well

In the places you go

Where the starlets never show

Be well

Better you know this than leave yourself again

Nobody wins in an amplified life

Nobody wins when no dreams are balanced by strife

And better you know this than leave yourself again

Hey you, oh you, leave off

Hey you, dearest you, stand down

If only you'd grown before you'd known

The witless courage of a hound