I’m ready.
I’m ready.
(not ready).
Passenger side, but the car won’t move.
I’m ready.
Get me out of here—out, out,
out before the streets forget me.
In your wagon I find (I find),
in your wagon I find
what my city never gave (though sometimes she tried).
Never gave (sometimes, she tried),
never gave (tried), even when I’d grown.
Hand (hand) to chest—
I’m with you.
Hand (hand) to chest—
I’m with you until the clock (clock) runs dry.
Until it wheezes, until it wheezes,
last-call drunk, last-call breath,
breath that keeps me, keeps me alive.
When we fight (fight) it breaks. breaks.
When we fight it keels,
when we fight it almost dies. Dies.
Not corpse, not corpse, (not corpse),
but close—close, close, close.
Flowers? Flowers. Funeral? Funeral. Box? Funeral (box).
Empty. Empty. Empty.
(Em—)
Take my hand. (Take.)
Run with me. (Run.)
Take my hand. (Take.)
Fly with me—me,
Neverland, Neverland, Neverland.
Trade rent for dust, trade rent for dust,
skip rehearsal, skip half-death,
skip all the nights that weren’t keeping me.
