Like Lions Do

i've been throwing up over this ledge for the last 7 weeks

and you've been throwing history to hell

i've been writing almost everyday that i've been gone

do you still remember how my beard once felt

i've been eating seaweed from a whale named emily

she could swallow me, or help swallow my pride

we wade under the tow like diamonds

we wade under the tow like diamonds

i've been watching you look at a locket from your mother

or perhaps its from a girl you don't speak of

do you miss her when your sleeping

do you find it hard to eat when

everything reminds you of her stilly ghost

so to captains of my captain how can i become i captain

get the strength i need to pull this one around

i will wait under the tow like lions

i will wait under the tow like lions

like lions do.

oh my god, what am i doing here?

and i walk this ship of golden brown

you sit back covered up sounds

that don't come from my lips

you know they don't come from my lips

and you can try to break the silence

while you making love with violence

to my flesh and blood a traitor

oh my flesh and blood are traitors to you now