I watched you disappear
Into a crowded gray line
You were shaking off the tears from woeful eyes
But you couldnât stop the shaking of your spine
When I was a boy
I used you soothe a cruel streak by kicking your heart around
I thought I left that side behind when I became a man
But hereâs your heart right back upon the ground
That canât satisfy me now
The sight of pain and misery
That strange gratifying sound
That wrote a foolâs history
When I saw you yesterday
The sky seized the breath from my burning throat like a toad
Your voice froze me stiff
Like Iâd just seen my lifeâs secrets
Scattered by the wind in the road
I looked upon my Lazarus
And its shook me like Iâd flown my kite into electrical skies
By some trick of time Iâd forgotten your smell
And the water in the well at the bottom of your eyes
That canât satisfy me now
The sight of pain and misery
That strange gratifying sound
That wrote a foolâs history
Why? I just canât say
There was so much I wouldnât give to you
Today, in the cold light of day
Itâs so clear to me
I should have loved you⦠too
Your broken glass eyes are calling me like a slave
They have my soul but cannot be filled
I got a spoonful of medicine I once gave
And by God itâs such a bitter pillâ¦
That canât satisfy me now
The sight of pain and misery
That strange gratifying sound
That wrote a foolâs history
Why? I just canât sayâ¦
There was so much I wouldnât give to you
Today, in the cold light of day
Itâs so clear to me
I should have loved you⦠too
That canât satisfy me now⦠satisfy me now
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