If It Bleeds, It Leads

It started in the east, so we headed southwest Dust in our veins, something to pray to Flyin’ ‘round circlin’ without rest: vultures’ wings on our angels Stay tuned to the static, life in my backpack twenty five years Time passes this could be a dance if we weren’t all alone Callin’ home but nobody’s there to panic Just keep movin’, use the head start Blood to my brain no time for the heart Just flow on our own, keep headed for the sunset ‘cause that sunrise keeps comin’ up dark These lungs are parched, breathe in the evenin’ Sharp as the summer now my feet won’t stop bleedin’ And I can’t help but think that eastern horizon would love a drink I always saw the skyline as the teeth of a devilfish And the full moon as the bait; now we swim from a broader grin We run, we do not look back, we escape On foot, on bicycle on horseback On to the end by any means necessary And we could tell those whom we pass by everything we know But we don’t and I don’t know why Eventually they’ll catch it on the news And scream, or drop their dinners Or lock their doors, or get their kids dressed Or start their cars or cross their fingers And those of us who had people on the inside Won’t have to hear it from a well-dressed stranger Struggling to hold back tears on the TV Before the signal is lost completely And I just want to go home But my home is haunted And my heart is weak My boughs are broken, cradle is fallen But take my coffin, set it on fire To warm this night and light this road And if I should catch a bad one Rig my body with an IED so I can go home I just want to go home But my home is haunted I just want to explode In the name of progress In the name of God Break my bones and grant them sharpness Cut my face and make me the most beautiful Creature in this darkness