Living in an empty town
There ain’t no one else around
I keep my head down
Staring at the ground

Strike a minor chord in the ballad’s onset
And it’s easy to get lost in the halcyon then
Wake up from a nap thinking Babylon’s dead
Then I scoot across the floor like a daddy long legs
To the kitchen, greeted by the image of a smiley face
Made out of spaghetti from a dinner on a prior date
(Hey) Party in the cave where I hibernate
Confined to a place where I transcend time and space
I speak simply, juggling jobs to keep busy
Take a couple of shots of cheap whiskey
I do it on my own, to summon a god just seems risky
I’m well aware whatever I got can leave quickly
Press the apartment window
Thought I saw the smoke from the arching missiles
Thought I felt the shards from the darkest crystals
And I thought I heard the shrill of the marching whistles
Nah, just your every day harmless drivel
That I managed to perceive as alarming signals
Yeah, still guilty of that bar dismissal
One last spliff that’ll jumpstart the sniffles, now
Time flies, photographs fade
Other colors come alive in the overcast grey
The black lungs healed and the black sunset
I blacked out and woke up as the last one left
I mean, we were supposed to be neighbors forever
I mean, we were supposed to be staying together
I mean, I guess nothing is supposed to happen
So I fill my new days with them old distractions
And I mumble to myself as the floorboards creek
Like “it is what it is, let the ouroboros eat”
Not a single silhouette in the street light glow
It’s probably for the best, man, I feel right at home

Where do I go from here
it’s not the same, no
Days pass and turn to years
Everything has changed
Every place I go, every street I pass
Is full of memories stuck in the concrete cracks
But these memories in the same old way
And I’m stuck in the good ol’ days
Oh how, we used to do
We used to raise some hell with the same ol’ crew
Now I look around and it’s clear to see
There’s no one left but me

Take me away, nah I’m prolly gonna stay, become part of the maze and find a safe place to hide
Take me away, nah I’m prolly gonna kick it, it wouldn’t make any difference if I decided to ride
Take me away, nah I’m prolly gonna lamp, settle down into camp and wave the coat of arms high
Take me away, nah I’ll prolly hang back, do my thing, get attached, go and live til I die