Where Do I Begin / Cold Slope / King Of You (Live at Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, Feb. 6, 2016)

Alright, at least you cried
A point of pride has torn in two
What was we when we meet you
From where we end to where do I begin

We're so alone, we're never alone
Forever in debt to the stomach I get
When things can't be known, our paths overgrown
From where we end to where do I begin

Why can't we tell when we're in hell?
Why can't I say something to make you well?
When things can't be seen confined within the dream
From where we end to where do I begin
From what was left behind to you're my friend
I won't ever, ever, ever fall apart like that again
From where we are to where do I begin

So soon and you don't really care
Stand alone and you're there all day
Some would say you're never really there
Although you still take up space
I know, I know, and you know that I know it's a power play

I won't recognize you
I won't recognize you any more

So soon and you don't really care
Stand alone and you're there all day
Some would say you're never really there
Although you still take up space
I know, I know, and you know that I know it's a power play

And I won't atone take some wild bile
Wicked entrees over chant lace fade
I'm on a cold slope raking down
Where is our receiver?

Look on the phone
You can say what you want or I'll say what you want
Why turn the tape? Undertake a weak wall
Summon the stone

I advocate aiming for the weak wall
Summon the stone
You can say what you want
But you don't know what you want
I'll say what you want

Now I will say all I will say
I won't recognize you
I won't recognize you any more

Wave after wave, wishes unspoken
Talks like a blowtorch
Palms out and frozen

Who said it's easy? Language is losing
I swallow the steam and claim to be stupid

Nails on the threshold
Moon free don't make me the king of you

Past is a point behind the horizon
Bottom of the flame
Burning the garden

Smiling on the threshold
Moon free don't make me the king of you

I'm a soldier for you, frightened climbing
Don't make me the king of you

Wave after wishes, my boon companion
Talks to the frost, but who will cheer the champion?