On the Avalon Stairs

So mystifying When you're back from wandering And finding once again That you're hanging on for dear life The family tendency Of bruising easily We all make vows to ourselves Not to keep these things so close to our chests But it's so hard to promise ourselves That we won't lie to ourselves That we won't lie to ourselves Today a little further from the shore And maybe tomorrow Into the volcano you go It's hard to say, but all you know Is that you got no kids to take Your ashes to the lake There are all kinds of stories we tell Starry-eyed in stereo And the only thing that we miss Is remembering what to forget Remembering what to forget And we all make vows to ourselves Not to keep these things so close to our chests But it's so hard to promise ourselves That we won't lie to ourselves That we won't lie to ourselves Oh, that we won't lie to ourselves To ourselves