Ashes, ashes, time to go down Ooh, honey do you want me now? Can't take it anymore, need to put you to bed Sing you a lullaby where you die at the end One, two, Melatonin is coming for you Three, four, baby, won't you lock the door? Five, six, I'm done

O deserts down below us And storms up above Like a stray dog gone defective Like a paper tiger in the sun Just like a paper tiger Torn apart by idle hands Through the helter skelter morning Fix yourself while you still can No more ashes to ashes

The ashes that fall one more time Mourn the past and all that once shined The stones that gather left forever damned The absence of what was and what one can't understand The undertow that drags as you lose another day The voice that brought you peace

It may seem at last day passing mean nothing But the sun that set cause only pain Violence in words like slashes wound deeply Love is not when you feel only pain Her touch poison flows through my veins No more I denounce all your childish games Whispers

Fueled, these new shores burn, dark past lies cold Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more I found a flame in the burnt out ashes... burn out, burn out! I'm selling heavenly sketches A world out of my mind Ready to explode in purity to fill the

Ashes fly ashes burn The sun is black ain't no return Over and over ain't no need to learn It's all dust on dust It's all you and me Out done completely out played Just shovel some more dirt on the grave The choices you make and the choices that are When

Oehohohoh oooohh Ashes, ashes All the ashes of our days are ether and wood I don't live anymore I don't live here anymore I don't live there anymore Fell asleep on the hardwood floor 3 o'clock in the afternoon I awoke to a pale blue sky