Defibrillation

You draw the line

You draw it again and

I only lie to my closest friends

Straight as an arrow

But that depends

You hit the road, and the road bends

I have no quarrels, no enemies

I know my failures, my expertise

The righteous gambling of '82

You came to me, but I was born to you

Where would you wander?

What would it mean?

There might be saviors, but no guarantees

When we needed something, kind of like love

We fell together, I guess, just because

Oh, my friend, sorrow, you are relieved

I no longer need your company

And what's stuck in my throat is a mystery

And what it is, it's a heartbreaking

Soul-shaking, overwhelming undertaking

Hit me once again

I knew your mother, she was my friend

It's only love to her that I do extend

When I fell under, sometimes nightly

She was the branch to which I held on tightly

I've tried my staple of remedies

I know it's hard

To see the light, when you're on your knees

I had a map, borrowed a car

North Colorado via Arkansas

(Island to island, breaking my silence)

(I'm hemmed in water)

(Quelling the violence behind my eyelids)

(I close and open)

(Something inside you is bending like I do)

(It's like I've heard this song)

If down the road, and if you are to find

Some box of clues that I've left behind

I just thought that I'd save you some time

Straighten it out here, and make it rhyme

It's not my nature to pretend

That any one road leads to any one end

And maybe victory's too heavy for arms like these

And freedom's too loaded, with the speak of destinies

Just try to see the thing for what it is

And what it is, it's a heartbreaking

Soul-shaking, overwhelming exhalation

Hit me once again

Hit me once again