How would it be like to die in a gutter? A gutter made of cold pavement That slowly grows warmer and warmer As I lay down and feel the life drain out of the pores of my skin A gutter with stagnant water turned green By whatever the hell makes stagnant water green
Some nights I see myself dying in a gutter I feel the warm blood rush out of my mouth And the icy gutter slime on my right shoulder Both of them cooling my skin, one more than the other
I watch cars full of people Who don't care enough to help a dying man Pass by my side as I die sluggishly With their rubber necks and undeaf ears
I don't want to die in a gutter I would never want to die in a gutter, But if there is peace and silence in dying in one Let the cars pass