Lower Tiers

Well I watched my heroes fall
I saw them crumble
One and all
And a chorus of no's
From a gallery of those
Who will never see so straight
Or stand so tall

All the guardian angels
The blanket forts and fake hells
All told me to sacrifice myself
On a funeral pyre
With my body on fire
I sat straight up
And cast off all the spells

With the gates open wide
And my lover in sight
I called her name out loud
In the middle of the night
And the dawn it breaks
And the morning's warm embrace
Illuminates my Lover's face

Well my sisters went very South and West
And I went East
We're all still fighting off
Our demons in our sleep
We cascade to the coasts
Where we mostly can boast
That we are doing better than well

But Maria, when are you gonna settle down?
I see your pictures
And the question practically answers itself
When the back car seats
On lower tiers that we have known for years
Have finally had their way with all of us

I was terrified and dry and wide eyed
All sentimental
I rubbed the fog with my sleeve
Off of the early morning window
And the dawn it breaks
And the morning's warm embrace
Illuminates my Lover's face
It illuminates my future face