Let the Blade Do the Work

Just another town that might not recover

Just another friend who's gone and lost his mind

Just another sunset from the city train

As we ride it free to the end of the line

It's just another rusted attempt

Laying sideways in the harbor

While all the men are out at sea

You say you don't want trouble

That you've left that life behind

But you've got trouble here with a capital T

And it's like this every time

You know it's like this every time

So looking out across the formless frontiers

I scream your name down five broken valleys

And paint a picture of a glass hearted girl with

Promises way too numerous to tally

And in the search light that's been cheapening the midnight sky

I think of you and how you had that troubled start

But you never let it wash you away

To a town where you didn't speak the language and if it did

You'd always know what to say, you'd say

Let the blade do the work

For years now all I've heard is heave-ho

We've got two burnt cars

Down on the beach road

And with a little bit of luck real soon

I'll be going home

With no blood on my hands

I've got blood on my hands

So laying down beneath

The pregnant pause

And in the constant coverage of the wars

We never hear of what's been learned

It's just a thousand rocks left to unturn

And in her monument

She is sleeping in her clothes tonight

And waking up before the sun has a chance to rise

To write her mantra across the skies

It reads 'pick up the wrench if it's a victimless crime'

And it's like this every time

You know it's like this every time