a new lease on life
i keep it written on a locket and
pinned into my jacket pocket, these silver shapes who spell your
name loom around. and i sing it to myself so i don't forget the
sound. i took a chance on highway driving with the sadness
packed in to the side of me that planted pills in the beautiful gar-
den i grew of love for you, oh how i watered it with tears so
blue. see i knew a girl who never cried, so i painted my room
the color of her eyes. like a fortress, or a blown up portrait in
blue, or some strange womb or tearless tomb. it's easy now just
forget about it. i start again every day without it. with a new
lease on life, i'll forget about it. but it's all around still. a new
lease on life, i've forgotten, i've off-ed it. i can see you through
the window light. me and the shadow-kids go dumpster diving
all for nothing, we'll still go hungry tonight. the world outside is
silver-white. but it's easy now to forget about it. i start again
every day without it. i've a new lease on life, i'd forget about it
but it's all around still. i've a new lease on life, i've forgotten. i
promise. i promise.