like the long trail of ash hanging from my cigarette
when you're lying next to me

and while the flame burns bright
it only lasts a while'

you drove me to places I'll never forget
but you're so fragile
and I'm just beginning
nowhere to see where I end
and you just begin

how can I stay here
where I love you and everything is simple
and I'm so complicated

you say you understand
but you'll soon be an empty shell
disintegrating with my touch

I'm crawling the walls
until I'm smoking a cigarette on the john
looking for a little bit of release