From the recording Angle of Repose, Angle of Attack
Lyrics
Oh, late Mercy fair
And you're searching for the day
If you're climbing up the scaffold
Where you cry above the fray
Then bring it to your bedroom —
To the room of blues and grays
It's a color scheme that quiets
And it listens as you pray
Magnetic north,
Magnetic lines
Hydroponic weed
Smoked on kiddie rides
We're all hunters at night
And our hearts are the prey
We're the fuel for the fires
And we're lighting the way
Oh we're fires that burn
To keep ourselves warm
We're rain and we're shine
And we're angels and swine
In the ashes of age
Owned by things that we hold
Like oceans, like love
Things so hard to control
Oh, life is the message
Life is the message
(And the message is pain)
Oh, life is the message
Oh, life is the message
(And the message is pain)
(And the message is pain)
Oh we're fires that burn
To keep ourselves warm
We're rain and we're shine
And we're angels and swine
In the ashes of age
Owned by things that we hold
Like oceans, like love
Things so hard to control
Oh, life is the message
Oh, life is the message
(LIFE IS THE MESSAGE)
Oh, life is the message
Oh, life is the message
(LIFE IS THE MESSAGE)
LIFE IS THE MESSAGE