[Intro]
   
   

[Verse 1]

I'm traveling 

in some vehicl

e
        
I'm sitting in

        
 some cafe
        
A defector fro

            
m the petty wa

rs
              
That shell sho

           
cked love away

There's comfor

t in melanchol

y
        
When there's n

             
o need to expl

ain
              
It's just as n

        
atural as the 

  
weather
              
In this moody 

         
sky today
           
In our possess

           
ive coupling
              
So much could 

          
not be express

ed
              
So now I am re

          
turning to mys

elf
         
These things t

hat you and I 

suppressed
              
I see somethin

              
g of myself in

         
 everyone
              
Just at this m

              
oment of the w

 
orld
              
As snow gather

        
s like bolts o

      
f lace
              
Waltzing on a 

             
ballroom girl

[Interlude]
  

[Verse 2]

You know it ne

ver has been e

asy
        
Whether you do

        
 or you do not

 resign
        
Whether you tr

              
avel the bread

         
th of extremit

ies
              
Or stick to so

              
me straighter 

  
line

Now here's a m

an and a woman

 sitting on a 

rock
        
They're either

              
 going to thaw

          
 out or freeze
            
Listen, strain

          
s of Benny Goo

           
dman
              
Coming through

              
' the snow and

       
 the pinewood 

trees
           
I'm porous wit

             
h travel fever
              
But you know I

              
'm so glad to 

          
be on my own
              
Still somehow 

            
the slightest 

           
touch of a str

anger
 
Can set up tre

mbling in my b

ones
              
I know, no one

              
's going to sh

            
ow me everythi

   
ng
              
We all come an

               
d go unknown
              
Each so deep a

              
nd superficial
              
Between the fo

              
rceps and the 

            
stone

[Interlude]
  

[Verse 3]

Well, I looked

 at the granit

e markers
        
Those tributes

              
 to finality, 


to eternity
        
And then I loo

              
ked at myself 

     
here
              
Chicken scratc

              
hing for my im

     
mortality

In the church,

 they light th

e candles
        
And the wax ro

             
lls down like 

tears
            
There is the h

          
ope and the ho

           
pelessness
              
I've witnessed

         
 thirty years
            
We're only par

          
ticles of chan

              
ge I know, I k

 
now
              
Orbiting aroun

        
d the sun
              
But how can I 

              
have that poin

        
t of view
      
When I'm alway

s bound and ti

ed to someone
              
White flags of

            
 winter chimne

     
ys
              
Wave truce aga

               
inst the moon
              
In the mirrors

        
 of a modern b

      
ank
              
From the windo

            
w of a hotel r

    
oom

[Interlude]
  

[Outro]

I'm traveling 

in some vehicl

e
        
I'm sitting in

        
 some cafe
        
A defector fro

         
m the petty wa

rs
              
Until love suc

         
ks me back tha

t way

  
(repeat to fad

e)