Lungs

Won't you lend your lungs to me, oh, my ain't I collapsin'?

Plant my feet and bitterly breathe up the time that's passin'

Breath I take and breath I give, I pray the day's not always done

Stand among the ones who live in lowly indecision

Fingers walk the darkness down, my mind is on the midnight

Gather up the gold you've found, fool, it's only moonlight

And if you try to take it home, your hands will turn to butter

You better leave this dream alone and try to find another

Salvation sat across herself and called the Devil "partner"

Wisdom burned upon a shelf, who'll kill the ragin' cancer?

Seal the river at its mouth and take the water prisoner

Fill the sky with screams and cries and bathe in fiery answers

Jesus was an only son and love, His only concept

Strangers cry in foreign tongues and dirty up the doorstep

And I, for one, and you, for two, we ain't got no room for outside

Keep your injured looks to you, we'll tell the world that we tried