The freeze up Came after early dreams and beat the alarm clock So where was the dark cloud? I tucked it in the night before I looked behind everything The mirror was daydreaming, My refection as holy as cops at strip clubs? Not quite sick and not quite well This was not heaven, was not hell First night? s dream: I could not hold onto things All polite greetings became missed opportunities My stomach breeding butterflies, I woke up underground. Second night: I was the star witness The prosecution crumbled leaving shaky kneed criminals at my defense We flew into the night like first time drunks and felt nothing Healthy days are here again No more narration and violins If I believe that nothing is wrong Then I'll be shaking hands With charades and vitamins Hand to shoulder Blade to skin And bones are strong Hold your breath until you smile that certain smile The air is a clean cut Nothing itches Nothing aches Hold your breath until it breaks Everything is perfect when you can? t feel a thing Keep it covered Keep it clean Hold your breath until you scream Healthy days are here again and your cashing in It? s amazing I'm up at sunrise and I'm running for the door Keep going? til the edge of the earth and back to work We? ll rendezvous at the end of this last cigarette And run to the clean air capitol of the world We? ll shoot the shit with cap guns so no words hit the page? that? s clean living Lift heavy things in a way that never hurts All smiles No sunburns That consistently loud noise is a band of angels Meet me at the end of our last day on earth We? ll race to California in shoes with rocks for souls Small talking? til death throws his two cents in We? ll ask each other what we were running from And realize that noise has us embraced but really annoyed. That? s that You have to laugh You fell for it You felt the same as everyone Now you? re back So learn to like To itch And ache And break more than anyone Hooray for ____! The return came after early dreams that smashed the alarm clock I hugged my favorite dark cloud I could not hold on to things All polite greetings were returned with a smile My stomach? s cast with iron Fortune woke me up safe and warm Second night: I was the last witness The prosecution fired, left me shaky-kneed and criminal With no defense We flew into the night got jumped, and I felt it all.