Magnets (part II)

You cannot protect

That which you cannot control

I lit a candle for you

But somebody blew it out

He comes to me in my dreams

And tells me that he's all right

That he's just been hiding out

Somewhere there is no light

Aw, yeah

That'd be nice

And if you took it back

I wouldn't feel so uncertain

I wouldn't feel so uncertain

That when your body hit the earth

It opened up and swallowed you

She kept you safe in her heart's center

And always tucked you in at night

When you woke up nervous

She said, "Baby, you're inside of me

You're safe inside my orange womb

There's no reason to worry."

They bought him magnets

To form into different shapes

Small spheres of metal

Always carefully composed

He's making hexagons

He's making perfect squares

He's making triangles

He's making cylinders

And in the junk yard

Above the robot screams

They gave him orders

I'd rather drown in dreams

No, I ain't letting down

And how'd you keep a spouse

And he dies slowly

His blood is thinnin' out

Things slip sometimes

Things slip sometimes

Things slip sometimes