Downs

leave me out and start a fire.
i don't mean to be your mind.
after all the tears you find i'm dragged away.
i don't need a second course.
you don't want me in one of yours.
i don't mean to be your life.

take me out and i'll rise.
when i fall will you lie to me?
and i know we looked around
but please don't pull me down.
and i've been coming down.

break me open in the kiln.
i don't know you but i hate you still.
i don't mean to be your ride.
i've been falling on the plain
and waiting for a moment's gain.
if i ever reap the tides.

and i know it's alright.
and i feel that you lie to me.
and i'm due. opened up inside and turned around.
but please don't pull me down.
and i've been coming down.

i have sensed you on the wind.
missed you by a hair again.
pull the trigger. pull the pin.
i'll never fall.

i don't mean to come apart.
broken me and a broken heart.
i don't mean to be alive.

when it's dark i thrill.
i'm wired for the kill.
i will. my life. my mind. my right.
and i'm falling down.
'cause i've been coming down.