Conjured heat through open vents Takes some of the chill Lying naked under three thick blankets Counting, counting, counting Inventory in your mind These are the gods I worship Sound, verse, melody, harmony ***, passion, ******, afterglow Exalted above the detritus that is Everything else in my life No one that loves or cares anymore Specks of dust in my eye I don't have expectations for the next moment I only try to remember what this song Reminds me of The kind of man I once was before I catalogued every fault and error Before the stone became too heavy The nights spent alone in the country An easy target for thieves who had no idea How powerless I'd become