You gave me this history around my neck
This chain you placed upon my wrist, in the darkness I see it
Some soldiers fell on their knees, quiet beggars like you and me
pin of safety won't hold for long, it only pierces

I had to throw it off
I've broken of this chain
I love you oh I love you I will soon forget
Had to throw you off
million times a day
Breathing in this fire and smoke on the southern lakes
I'm trying, trying

And on our backs, falling in slow motion
How far until day is night
And will grace like a greyhound fly
I saw you with child eyes, half diamond clear, half blind
No, safety won't hold for long, it only pierces

And I can feel you in my flesh, it's like the way you grieve the dead
And I can feel you in my flesh, digging deep and shoveling
And I can feel you in my flesh, like a graveyard unaddressed
And I can feel you there and I can feel you there