Setting The Woods On Fire

Will you crash the engine of our ruin?
Who'll spill the flat cars of our shame?

I'm beat up tired from always doin',
What i shoulda done in the first place.

You can call in sick, no need to fear the morning.
You will drink by numbers, i will drink by faith.
The stairs are crashin', so is all the danger.
Shoulda took a breath, but i's too drunk to wait.

Can you still prescribe,
The remedies and lies,
'til we feel no pain?
'til we all have risen.x2

Porchlights shattered, but the veins still glow here.
Met you in a bar, out by the switchin' yard.
My best attempts, can only knock you down here.
You should wear this badge, or wear nothin' at all.

Can we reconcile,
The bottom of the pile,
'til the poison tastes good?
'til we all have risen.
'til we all have risen.

Can you help explain,
The senseless and the vain,
'til the vial's empty?
Can you still prescribe,
The remedies and lies,
'til we feel no pain?
'til we all have risen.x4

Will you crash the engine of our ruin?
Will you give me up to feel no pain?

I can sleep it off,
Sleep it back to sleep,
I can be most anything i want.
A long way from the shade,
The north side of the moon.
Down here only rich men lose their shirts.

And john law wakes to sweep,
The morning off the street,
But no one cares if he has done his job.
And postcards never came,
From race tracks by the sea.
From a gambler who says: "you are still my lucky thing."

Bordertown,
There's been an accident in bordertown.
Bordertown,
I am your accident in bordertown.

Coyotes stirs the drinks,
And drives his stolen jeep,
And drives the kingsnake to its happy hole.
But i stand in the clear,
The only place he fears,
The only place he's never seen me stand.

Bordertown,
There's been an accident in bordertown.
Bordertown,
I am your accident in bordertown.

There ain't no seasons here,
But the freezin' still appears,
Everytime i call this home.
Can't be enough alone.

I can sleep it off,
Sleep it back to sleep,
I can be most anything i want.
A long way from the shade,
The north side of the moon.
Down here only taxi drivers know my name.

Check the main road one more time.
Check the main road but i'm sure that you will find.

It is late and closin' down.
There are lights out there but they do not seem close.

Take these long knives for the ride.
One for every day we missed.
Cut it deep, then cut it wide.
'til the blood runs clear.
On the night drive.

Lizards blinded by the center line.
Lava black, let mystery take its own sweet time.

Grab the antenna and hold it tight.
Turn it 'round til you find somethin' we can sing.

Take these long knives for the ride.
One for every day we missed.
Cut it deep, then cut it wide.
'til the blood runs clear.
On the night drive.x2

If we don't move, then we can never scar.
If we don't regret, it means we never pushed this far.
Cut it deep, then cut it wide.
'til the blood runs clear.
On the night drive....

Promise me my soul to keep.
And promise me you'll never sleep.
And promise me that when it's over,
We will drink the whole world sober.

Promise me that lines get drawn.
Point no point to wish me well.
Promise me there's no denying,
And you will stop to wish me well.

Oh promise me.

Promise me it'll all get done.
And a lion's share of good will last.
Promise me you'll turn away first,
And promise me you won't turn back.

For all the years we kept on trying,
It wasn't 'cause we were scared to quit.
Promise me there'll be no pity,
And promise me there'll be safer bets.

Oh promise me
You won't make these promises.

With calloused hands we forged this hammer,
Broke these rocks into equal parts.
Sent the sparks, flyin' off the handle.
Asked for nothing, but delivered much.

Never were the main event,
Always played the sideshow tent.
The drunken cowards came to look us over.
Can you promise we did not belong there?

Oh promise me
You won't make these promises.

Promise me the best you know.
And promise me you'll break down slow.
And when you find the nerve to quit,
Pass it 'round and we'll share in it

There is somethin' cruel about this,
But i know hopeful it's not far behind.
What was unknown just hours ago,
Is now the killer with the angel's eye.

Oh promise me. x2

Maybe you should disappear,
And now i've warned you so.
Bury your clothes out in the woods,
And hide your letters 'neath the stove.

There's a big house down in wilkeson, where you can dance on tabletops.
There's a card room in the back, where you can dance on tabletops.

You'd better light a fire, underneath yourself,
You'd better light a fire, right here where it counts,
You'd better light a fire, you'd best believe the warning,
You'd better light a fire, this is your good luck morning.

Take my savings and my ring
And buy yourself somethin' to wear.
The bus rolls out of here at five,
They'll still be up when you get there.

Say hello to them in wilkeson and tell 'em that i'll be back soon.
I know you'll do alright in wilkeson, you tell 'em that i'll be back soon.

You'd better light a fire, underneath yourself,
You'd better light a fire, right here where it counts,
You'd better light a fire, you'd best believe the warning,
You'd better light a fire, this is your good luck morning.

You'd better light a fire, underneath yourself,
You'd better light a fire, right here where it counts,
You'd better light a fire, you'd best believe the warning,
You'd better light a fire, this is your good luck morning.

This is your good luck day,
This is your good luck charm,
They'll try to do you right,
Won't ever do you harm,
You'd better light a fire, you'd best believe the warning,
You'd better light a fire, this is your good luck.

The graveyard sits by the prescott mill.
Where my old man lost his arm,
And for that i was ready to kill.
But he just looked tired,
And said: "don't bury me near that place."

When he finally died
I was in the desert war.
But no one makes a funeral wait,
So they dressed him up in his wedding clothes,
And buried him by the mill,
In the place he said he'd never stay.

All you gotta do, is look around.
You can change the darkness
Into somethin' proud.
But up in the graveyard,
Some things never change.

Came back stateside,
Tried to set things right.
Drove out to the graveyard,
Underneath a half-moon sky.
With a pick and a shovel
I started turning over stones.

Just past midnight
I got cornered by some lights.
Two sirens howlin',
Patrol cars coming down from both sides.
The sheriff put on the handcuffs.
Said: "a night in jail will cool your head."

All you gotta do, is look around.
You can change the darkness
Into somethin' proud.
But up in the graveyard,
Some things never change.

Now he still lies 'neath the mill fire smoke.
A good man to his well-made bed,
Another ten, just ready to go.
But the ground there don't rest easy,
'cause he won't let it rest that way.

You can bury deep, but you won't forget.
A heart will never leave you alone,
Even if you want to be left,
Up in the graveyard
Where some things never change.

All you gotta do, is look around.
You can change the darkness
Into somethin' proud.
But up in the graveyard,
Some things never change.

Some things never change. x3