High Dirge

Wet my face in the bathroom
Try and shave off the he that you speak unto me
If I have to
I can shriek at a pitch more dissonant
Sometimes I have to

Like when I left your apartment
In my shorts and knee-high socks
Wet-faced, red-eyed, and hair tied
Riled up as a beehive
It's a long life, I can't get it right

You can't be whole
When you look inside, you'll find more of your problems
And I need you around
Like the ground needs a figure just to be something at all

It's a long life, I can't get it right
It's a long life, I can't get it right
It's a long life, I can't get it right
It's a long life, I can't get it right
Oh, it's a long life, it will waste you in return
It's a long life, it will waste you in return
It's a long life, it will waste you in return
It's a long life, it will waste you in return

I like your house
Trees bend and tires swing in your backyard
Your mom went out to smoke
And I can tell that you're worried about her
It's a long life, it's hard to get it right

I dirge for each "I don't have the time for you"
And I dirge for the way that I am going by
And I dirge for each two o'clock just waking up
Oh, long life, how is it that you go by?