Checking In: Bonfire

Bonfire

They’re pilling up
The empty picture frames
Ellipsis not discussed
Let’s dial up
Chat with different names
Pretend that we’re not us

Say: I can be anyone I want
I can go anywhere for a haunt
Think I saw the devil in a walnut shell
Think I think too much
Oh well… hush now

The suffering that you cause
Has driven you to isolation
Your tied to the tracks
And this train of thought
Has only one destination

Print me out the sum… of your worth…
And throw it on the bonfire
Throw it on the fire
Throw it on the bonfire
Throw it on the fire…
And dance from high till dying

Her death’s effect
Has skipped you off your beat
Though she sits there, still alive
But you’re not sure now
What that really means
Hands clutching at your insides

I could have sworn keeping all the gates
Was the same as having all the keys
Think I’m on the wrong end of farewell
Think it’s not enough
Oh well… hush now

The suffering that you cause
Has driven you to isolation
Her refuge besieged
The stars have come uncrossed
You’re writhing in the aberration

Take the dragging skin… of who you were…
And throw it on the bonfire
Throw it on the fire
Throw it on the bonfire
Throw it on the fire…
And dance, and dance
And dance from high till dying

All houses come
With their pendulums
The waltz of dog on leash
For everyone
There is a limb to gnaw
She’s reaching for her false teeth

Could have been a dancer in Berlin
Or a country singer in Austin
Think I heard an angel on the knell
Think I ought to speak
Hush now… oh well

You see nothing left for laws
And nothing for personification
You’re tied to the tracks
And this train of thought
Has only one destination

Take this pile of bills… the weight of memories…
And throw it on the bonfire
Throw it on the fire
Throw it on the bonfire
Throw it on the fire…
And dance, and dance
And dance from high till dying