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