[Intro: voice sample]

One, two, three, four

[Verse 1]

I fell in love with this fish she got caught in my mesh

Treadin' water on the surface of the bottomless depths

I guess a diamond's nothing but a rock with a name

Took it to the pawn shop off of Providence Lane

The song's solemn

Sweet, sinful, serpentine

Dug a ditch for my severed head and fled the murder scene

Saw me makin' progress

Saw me do my thing

Subtle magic that could turn a peasant to a king

Saw me drift gently down a stream in a dream state

And reawaken with a child's smile and a clean slate

Say something

Touch a nerve

Make a mean face

We would argue every day for a week straight

They say it's all for the best

I don't disagree

She's throwin' shit at me

I'm screamin' like Kid Capri

Sweet misery

Physically sick

Heedless

Let me live my life how I see fit

[Chorus]

I saw the light that day

Like we don't ever have to live our life that way

Salome, lead me down the right pathway

Take my head, watch the light cascade

You suffer, you cope

You move, you shake

You fall in and out of love

You play the game

You make mistakes

You split, you break

You find what you're lookin' for and move on

New day, new dawn

You were gone too long

[Verse 2]

Love is a very strange thing

Amputate the limb it's infected with gangrene

My queen shook me out a dream

Something's out of place

She said, "It's for the best..."

And vanished without a trace

We're all tryna' to self-awaken

Or let ourselves go

Self-medicate

Self-indulge

And self-loathe

I was somewhere in the second circle when Hell froze

Lost all control of self

Moving in stealth mode

Right place, right time

Bright lights, white lines

Everything's great

Everything's great

Clean slate

Drifting gently down a stream

Dream state

Everything's great

Everything's great

You're a universe

But you don't know your own depth

Time we shed our old flesh

And covetousness

We're in the home stretch

Some people got heads like Olmecs

And hollow eyes for crows to peck

'til the ego dies a slow death

I'm makin' progress

See me do my thing

Subtle magic that could turn a peasant to a king

See me drift gently down a stream in a dream state

And reawaken with a child's smile and a clean slate

[Chorus]

I saw the light that day

Like we don't ever have to live our life that way

Salome, lead me down the right pathway

Take my head, watch the light cascade

You suffer, you cope

You move, you shake

You fall in and out of love

You play the game

You make mistakes

You split, you break

You find what you're lookin' for and move on

New day, new dawn

You were gone too long