SCARRED AND MEAN

A line of lonely faces
buried in our past
You were just another suicide-trip
for a torn down outcast

Straying in the street life
with parasites on board
There's hunger, plaque and some death too
yet it's easy to ignore

All things were once so wonderful
on this side of town
Now my head is filled with re-runs of
how the haven was shot down

But if I turned and gave back half of my love
would everything be ok?
If I showed where all the rest has gone
Could everything be the same?
I've loved you every step of the way
Bloodstained and obscene
Scarred and mean

Time glides past so slowly now
There's no room to breathe in
I close all nights in aegis of
cheap whiskey and gin

Then came the pact with loneliness
Our paradise and all
But the chaos that would ensue
is still too much to recall

So we wait here ever so silently
Everything has been conceded
We're headed for the place now
where no questions are ever needed

But if I turned and gave back half of my love
would everything be ok?
If I showed where all the rest has gone
Could everything be the same?
I've loved you every step of the way
Bloodstained and obscene
Scarred and mean