Candle - 1997

A leaf catches wind as I wake from sleep once again

I was dreaming of pulling my teeth right out of my head

Do you think there’s some meaning to that

Like maybe I’m growing too old way too fast

And all my bridges are turning to ash behind my back

While I’ve been burning my candle at both ends

Don’t go burning your candle at both ends

I’ve been smoking and thinking all day

Of how we might waste this whole winter away

Dreaming up songs of true love gone astray

And longing for spring

We are hungry but never afraid

We get by on crumbs and the strum of a string

Because we know nothing gold ever stays

We gave everything

I keep burning my candle at both ends

Won’t stop burning that candle at both ends

The storm, it is coming my way

(I must be moving on)

I keep running but still can’t escape

(The earth she curves and I go along

It licks my skin gray)

Can’t help but feel like I’m digging my own grave

I hope you enjoyed the parade

(The piss stench of my rolling home)

The bond that we built here today

(Grows stronger with each burning sun

Like the ash that we breathe

Like the love that we leave)

The blood and the sweat are for free

We won’t charge you a thing

We keep burning our candle at both ends

You keep burning your candle at both ends

When you tell me I’ve been bad

I will turn my head and laugh

'Cause I’ve been drinking gin and I’ve been cursing

You said if you lead a life of sin

Then the fire is what you get

Well I’m only trying to live so I deserve it

La da da…