The drunk came down the marble stair -
"You're talking out of your hat, Ned."
Ned says dying is OK, other things are worse.
The drunk came down the marble stair.

The humid plate mail clasps the skin.
Boys eat fireworks on the hill.
A burning windlass in paper-pale sky.  
The humid plate mail clasps the skin.

Live an authentic life, if you dare.
Don't let them take it with expectations.
Don't let them take it with advice.
Live an authentic life, if you dare.