lately the days 
 feel more like spirits to chase 
 my nights are full of strangers 
 and even stranger ends 
    my love, there comes a time in everything 
 when these silent grips become ingrained 
 as the grooves assembled on your skin   
 the machine of will 
 that shakes me constantly 
 makes the silence behind me 
 snarl like a swarm of bees   
 my love, the heart is strange and dissonant 
 i know i should be happier now 
 than i've been 
 but stillness weighs heavy and cold on my skin   
 darling, you've got to shake this 
 shapd you've been drifting in 
 oh I used to think that this rage was living 
 but that movement feigns a lull so deceiving 
 when nothing has changed in your life   
 my love, there comes a time in everything 
 when these silent grips become ingrained 
 as the grooves assembled on your skin