Grinning Like A Slit — Black Light Burns

You can look to the mountain You can talk to the dead You can run to the city lights But it's all in your head You can look to a stranger But all you'll find is a wall You can wish all you want But no one answers at all

Goodbyes They are flies That rise from shit And I was skinning A new beginning While you were grinning Like a slit

You can try not to cry out As you wake in the night You can stare at the blackness But it's taken your sight You imagine a face there That you can almost touch You can reach all you want But it's only a crutch

Goodbyes They are flies That rise from shit And I was skinning A new beginning While you were grinning Like a slit

Where are you now? Where is the crowd? These sleeping streets Are speaking aloud And I couldn't recall The feeling at all The moment I realized I was going to fall