Nothing creeps like measured time And nothing brings you to your knees quite like it when it's right The shaking ground won't spit you back out, no ringing bells And we can only blame ourselves No one teaches you to breathe Slow and feeble like the people that we said we'd never be The vulgar kind, fool become a gust then numb Saying crazy things in anger In the face of those I love, am I the sort who's Jumping out of sight on moving cars? I'm wide awake under supposing Perseid views Could I stop before I let it get too far? And if I told you that I needed it to end? No one mourned it like I'd done In all our hypotheticals, our "for instances" and our wars I held your tongue between my teeth Still, why do we face each other while we sleep? Keep appointments faithfully When we know that everything is faulty like a stone? ♪ Patience thins out like a sleeve And prisms clang in chandeliers in houses built on top of hills And I'm too proud to lift my hand and set it down Down on top of yours as we are staring out In the face of those I love, am I the sort who's Jumping out of sight on moving cars? I'm wide awake under supposing Perseid views Could I stop before I let it get too far? And if I told you that I needed it to end? If I told you that I needed it to end If I told you that I needed it to end, hmm