Setting Sun

just sniff me out

under feet of ground

this time that dies between state lines

just soak the sheets in gasoline

strike before you leave

i'll give you smoke to breathe

in atmosphere away from me

the arms of night

the dreams i hold will break under the light

of a room

full of flames and smoke

i'm full of flame

and choking on the air i breathe

and this is how i imagine hell to be

swallow down this hinge

and open up to me

this rust will wear away

and open up these doors

that lead out to these reeds

scorch our skin to find out who we are

this burning house is a setting sun

and all we are is dying

we are tied and bound

to the sands of an untipped hourglass

flames dance on our backs

like angel wings and broken hands

a burning house is a setting sun

and i feel nothing

alone for you

to burn or break

i want to poison all the birds

and rip the bark from all the trees

and plant this seed that aches and bleeds

when i said you'd regret this

i meant it

when a burning house is a setting sun

like an empty heart with a loaded gun

fall down

surround yourself with this sound

there's a house with a room and a fire

let it all burn tonight

and it swallows us alive

there's a flame

and a match

and a lock

as all the stations of the cross

follow the knife

and this time tell me where it leads

my body's wrapped in plastic under reeds

just sniff me out

under feet of ground

i hope now you have something to believe in