Fading Vibes

When we were little kids,

We tried the seven deadly sins

In the attic every summertime.

The wet felt smelling silent kind.

We'd play light as a feather,

Stiff as a board

And you'd press to my hips

As we'd slip through the floor.

The grey, grey ghost is coming out of the

Bright, white sheet that was wrapped about him.

The shade, shade, shade could have been mistaken, but I

Swear that the sunlight was shooting straight through him.

Let's make a mess of this banquet

While your bones are soaked in blood.

When your skin and cells are bankrupt,

You'll be deposit in the dust.

Let's try to stay soft

And remember to bend-

The chance to get supple

Will not come again

'Cause in time

You will find

Rigor mortis sets in.

Well I failed and I failed

But my failures were passing,

Grew hair and a tail

And was all the while asking,

"Does it stay like this?" and

"Will it end like this?"

I'm afraid that you’re fading away,

You're not coming in clear.

I'm afraid that the games that we've played

Have turned desperate and dear.

All that you cherish will perish.

All that you punish will pass.

I know you'll hit the ground running

When you ditch the road at last.

Well, we failed and we failed

But our failures were passing,

Grew hair and a tail

And were all the while asking,

"Does it stay like this?" and

"Will it end like this?"

Is this supposed to hurt

Or are we sensitive?"

There'll be no red rose

The day you die.

There'll be flies round your nose

And rings round your eyes.

The clock ticks on,

We don’t have a say.

We let one hand wash the other's

Dirt away.

We're doing way too much,

We do it way too often.

What used to be a crutch

Has become a coffin.

It's been good to be alive,

But I've simply got to go.

Someone's on the other line

And they're calling for my soul.