I was looking at the leaves, climbing to the tops of the trees
But you were nowhere to be found
Just beneath all the green, you were buried like a little seed
Among the roots and underground
I was licking at the leaves but I was in short sleeves
And you, you were like some sickness that I caught
And my sweetheart moved away
Swept off like garbage in the alleyway
And I need more grace than I thought

Oh, please, brother, I'm far, brother, I'm far away
Brother, I'm far away from everything
Oh, brother, I'm far, brother, I'm far away
Brother, I'm far away from everything good

She's like a hot cloth on a fevered head
And like a needle she leads me, while I follow like thread
Tie me up, untie me, all this wishing I was dead is getting old
It's gettin' old, it goes on, but it's old

I was swimming through the waves for what must have been days
But could find no relief
When I started sinking down I thought for certain I would drown
Until I saw you in the ocean
Underneath all the bright colored fish tell
Of a treasure in a dull shell
Such subtlety, so easily missed
You, my hidden pearl of pure and perfect love
And I'm the living example of 100% the opposite of this
If I ask the same questions well, yes, sir, I ask the same questions
Well, well maybe I repeat myself from time to time
But if I ask the same questions
And then I know I ask the same questions
It's because everyone who answers me is a liar

She's like the hot cloth on a fevered head
And like a needle she leads me, while I follow like thread
But you untied me, didn't you untie me, Lord?
And now I haven't even thought about killing myself
In almost five months