Okkervil River - Hanging From A Hit Lyrics
What this night wants is what it gets,strung in silken knots,lit by cigarettes flaring side by side,with the streets all wet,as the only thing that's bright.And I don't need to cross that bridge.I find I'm swingingor sailing over the pit tonight.I'm hanging from a hit tonight was wild enoughto order up and across my lips.What's making all my tears is takingall my fears away. But I don't need to cry,because now I'm clear.A moth that's swerving through the sage.A creature crashing from a cage.A shadow vaporized by a new sun ray.A day she spends the night, and I can hear her sighingas she's almost asleep on one side,and I lie back on my pillow and ask what her husband is like.And she says, I smile polite,and I tip and tithe,and I see the sights with a well-trained eye.But I softly sigh,because I'm too much mine without him.And I lie, reclined where the room is quiet,and it's quiet at night.The soft silk is fineand the waves are white,but the wind has died without him.And I scream my smiles,and I want my wires and I need my stripes.And I read the lines until I lid my eyes,and I'm losing time without him.And I ignite insideand I flash with fireand I limp from lifeand I'm blazin blindand I'm surging liveand I give up my mindwhen with him.And then every dream inside turns to flames,fades to grey, and is dying. And the smoke risesinto a white, blank, bare, broke-open sky.
