Lift the Curse

Lyrics for Lift the Curse

Everyone who's drinking is already drunk or sleeping Everyone who isn't is just too political to talk to Another summer evening and the city's barely breathing It just ain't the same, just ain't the same without you Without you, without you, without you Without you, without you It just ain't the same, just ain't the same There ain't no magic in materials, the magic's in our words That we whisper in each others ears to make diamonds outta dirt There ain't glory in the silken things, the glory's in the hurt That can split your skin from end to end, down the center of the earth I said everyone who's drinking is already drunk or sleeping Everyone who isn't is just too political to talk to Another summer evening and the city's barely breathing It just ain't the same, just ain't the same without you I wasn't joking 'bout my burial, the backyard's where I prefer But my landlord wouldn't like that, I gotta own a backyard first So I'll keep singing y'all these spirituals and pray it lifts the curse That keeps me chasing ghosts of dreams from funerals to birth in reverse In reverse, in reverse, in reverse In reverse, in reverse That keeps me chasing ghosts of dreams from funerals to birth In reverse Everyone who's drinking is already drunk or sleeping Everyone who isn't is just too political to talk to Another summer evening and the city's barely breathing It just ain't the same, just ain't the same without you Without you, without you, without you Without you, without you It just ain't the same, just ain't the same Without you