Division Day - Elliott Smith

there was grown man dying from fright

so surprised by the things he’d say

with a giant fantasy life

running 'round on feet of clay

naked except for a perpetual debt

that couldn’t be stripped away

an unrightable wrong that moved him

along closer to division day

spent a long time living with that

never could give it a name

and when you don’t know what you’re

looking at it makes it much harder to take

mostly they’d meet when he was

asleep and have some sick exchange

that stuck him as wrong and moved him

along closer to division day

i can’t make an exception for a bad

connection that only goes one way

sell out for a song where i don’t belong

with you on division day

the moon stood up on the ridge

looking down where the water shines

and a man looking over the bridge

like he done so many times

thinking about how to stay out

out of troubles way and

flying to fall away from you all

it’s over division day

beautiful division day

thinking about how to stay out

out of troubles way

flying to fall away from you all

it’s over division day

beautiful division day