[Verse 1]

You flush a fish down a toilet

And look down to see your second hand is dead still

You think them somehow connected

But you can't be sure and it's just as well

[Pre-Chorus 1]

What to do next when the shit piles up?

You can't decide, you go outside

Stand in the moonlight drinking coffee from a paper cup

[Verse 2]

You'd almost swear you hear voices

But you know it's nothing but a noisy, guilty conscience

You hear monotonous noises

It's that time of night, it's so predictable

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Oh, what a feeling to listen to your blood

The way it feels as it congeals

Like someone sucked you dry and pumped you full of rocks and mud

[Chorus]

Close your eyes

No traffic in and out

Tired eyes

No traffic in and out

[Verse 3]

You won't decide anything tonight

No need to rush things, they'll keep until tomorrow

Just make a fresh pot of coffee

And stay up all night and get nothing done

[Pre-Chorus 3]

Don't you hate preference?

I know you hate choice

Just hang your limbs out in the wind

And clear your throat because you don't know when you'll need your voice

[Verse 4]

You hope it won't be long before

You're back in the action like a moth around a light bulb

But who gets to say when the switch flips

And the light goes off, and you fly away?

[Pre-Chorus 4]

You could be standing and watching city lights

But where you'll be is where you'll be

And what you do is up to you

Stand still, you've got the right

[Chorus]

Close your eyes

No traffic in or out

Tired eyes

No traffic in and out

[Outro]

I think I see the East, I swear I see the East

And as I face the East, I swear I taste the East

I got to go back, I got to go back East

Where there's no traffic in or out