Sleeping In The Aviary Write On
[Verse 1]
Like a drunken kiss with someone you won't miss
Gonna love you 'till my eyes are crossed
Like a thirsty throat on a sinking boat
Gonna wait until my neck goes numb
Like a wooden heart that a spark can't start
Gonna tie myself to the lightning rod
Like a hanging noose when the knot is loose
Gonna cup both my hands and trap this fly
[Chorus]
'Cause I can't write you out of my dreams
So I'll write your name in the window steam
It'll disappear as you depart
I just wanna write you out of my heart
(Hey)
[Verse 2]
Like an empty spot in a parking lot
I get jealous thoughts wherever you are
Like the cracks I skip where my mother did trip
Gonna hold me down like a Cold War fog
Like your mouth's full of bees when you whisper to me
You went under my shirt and stung me twice
Like a plastic bag's a Confederate flag
Gonna drift into the water supply
[Chorus]
'Cause I can't write you out of my dreams
So I'll write your name in the window steam
It'll disappear as you depart
I just wanna write you out of my heart
I just wanna write you out of my heart
(One, two, three, four)
[Post-Chorus]
Lord, send me back through (whoa)
Never should've left you (oh)
Lord, send me back through (whoa)
Never should've left you (oh)
[Verse 3]
Like the garbage bags that your father did drag
Yeah people will scavenge as they stroll by
Like a lifeless seed in a field full of weeds
You gotta kneel right down and hold it hard
Hard!
[Chorus]
'Cause I can't write you out of my dreams
So I'll write your name in the window steam
It'll disappear as you depart
I just wanna write you out of my heart
I just wanna write you out of my heart
I just wanna write you out of my heart
[Unintelligible spoken word]
