Golden And Green

Close your eyes and you draw one more day to a close

You choose to be alone

You float through your life as a ghost

And everything heals given time

And everything dies given time

And the scars run together, mixing the nerves with the blood

And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down

And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground

When your heart's deep and dark as a well

And everything that's golden and green goes to hell

And i was born to wind in the cradle

And i ride on the hot southern breeze

And i twist in the green and the gold

And you see and there is blood on my elbows and knees

And people want to grow old in the cradle

When there's snakes all around in the reeds

And you ask me to fear of no evil

When your fire's all over my feet

And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down

And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground

When your heart's deep and dark as a well

And everything that's golden and green goes to hell

I said bring out your vivian girls

Bring out your cloud-covered girls

And bring me a cup of your tears

And give me the rest of your years

Because everything dies, given time

And i know that this world could be mine

So i closed both my eyes and i count my heartbeats

And i know that my wings are on fire

And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down

And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground

When your heart's deep and dark as a well

And everything that's golden and green goes to hell