El Capitan

Standing there watching as they're climbing up El Capitan

Reaching for the draw and they're sleeping in their rubber bands

You said they were insane, shook your head as you grabbed my hand

Led me deep into the woods until we finally had to double back

Yeah, everything was roses, every night it was baths and wine

Every time you would undress me

I could swear that you were freezing time

I thought that we were twins and lovers, we shared one mind

Until it turned transparent and blatant and serpentine

So it's time to pay the piper, don't want to be the last in line

They'll auction you at Christie's, you're gonna fetch a handsome price

And in time, they'll decide what was yours and what was mine

And you'll end up in a ditched dream feeling like the color of the sky

So you're playing your Nintendo, spun out like a gramophone

Living in a basement, sleeping down there all alone

The conditions were perfect, more perfect for a perfect storm

Then they found you in the morning hanging from an extension cord

The world is on fire, California is a crucible

We're running out of water, they already stole all the gold

You kept kissing me like Judas, your betrayal was apropos

You said I'm washed up and that's what I get for growing old

It's time to pay the piper, you gotta be the first in line

So they're burning you an effigy, well, that happens to me all the time

Something kind in disguise, a canary in the mine

You can't say I didn't warn you or prepare you for the afterlife

I did warn you

Baby, I did