The Joy Is Ours

[Verse 1]

I'd like to save my skin

It covers my entire body

I'll put it this way: if I've got to, I've got to

But if I can't, I can't

Last night, I fell asleep standing up in the corner of a party

Into the corner runs the hare, as they say

They do say that, right?

How easily it all comes apart, what was hardly even together

When the sky is raining, don't we sit raining too, basically?

Joy is ours then, along with a little pain as well, of course

But must always must

And the way of the world is an open book

Behind everything, there is some other thing forever

You ask yourself if one weary mind can weather this shit storm alone

If one heart can set itself free

But I've spent so many winters sleeping as Santa

And they could always swim away those we need, couldn't they?

And afterwards, it would be almost as if they never were

That money was a loan

That line was a quote

Thank you for almost everything

[Verse 2]

It's 6 in the morning

I walk into the basement apartment of a city I should not have been born in, slowly

Since I do not live there

I sit down, I stand still

I dig in the trash, wait, and listen

The worst part of heaven is how long it takes to get there

You have no idea

In the haze of concrete stained black by the rain

I stand still and listen

Last night, in an alley, I accidentally saw a ghost which tried to rob me

The Earth is what holds all of us up

The people who love me fight me in their sleep

But I forgive them, since I used to do that too

You can pray for me anytime you want

People ask me what happened, and who is who?

I'm not crying because I'm sad

I'm crying because I don't want to be here

I want to die at home

I don't want to die here

I'm standing still

I'm not holding anything

My electricity bill is going up

And we are all going to die

I, for one, am going to suck my thumb and go back to sleep

Thank you, for almost everything

[Outro]

Forms are temporary

Feelings are temporary

Consciousness is temporary

Remember, you are dust

And unto dust, you will return