St. Vincent: Pills

I spent a year suspended in air
my mind on the gap
my head in the stains
from healers to dealers
and then back again
from guru to voodoo
and voodoo to zen

pills to wake
pills to sleep
pills, pills, pills every day of the week
pills to walk,
pills to think
pills, pills, pills for the family
pills to grow, pills to shrink
pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
pills to fuck,
pills to eat
pills, pills, pills down the kitchen sink

behind the wheel
I’m leaving you’ll stay
I can’t even swim these waves I made
From the back to the train
and the plane to the stage
to the bed, to give head
to the morning I made

pills to wake
pills to sleep
pills, pills, pills every day of the week
pills to walk,
pills to think
pills, pills, pills for the family
pills to grow, pills to shrink
pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
pills to fuck,
pills to eat
pills, pills, pills down the kitchen sink

I heard the tales
fortune and blame
tigers and wolves defanged by fame
from the chain to the nanks to the vein
to the train
anyway there’s a day
and I’ll pay it in pain

pills to wake
pills to sleep
pills, pills, pills every day of the week
pills to walk,
pills to think
pills, pills, pills for the family
pills to grow, pills to shrink
pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
pills to fuck,
pills to wake
pills to sleep
pills, pills, pills every day of the week
pills to walk,
pills to think
pills, pills, pills for the family
pills to grow, pills to shrink
pills, pills, pills and a good stiff drink
pills to fuck,

come all you villains
cine one and all
come all you killers
come join the war
come all you wasted
wrenched and scorned
come or and face it
come join the war
come clean the raptors
come out to space
come for the answers
throw them away
come kiss me stupid
come kiss me sore
come find me standing under the war
come all you killers
come out to play
everyone you know will all go away
come all you wasted
wrenched and scorned
come or and face it
come join the war
come all you children
come out to play
everyone you know will all go away