Above The Neck

Stand, fan, out in the wasteland
Silk, soft, slipping through my hands
Eyes turn, ashes to urn then it's
Knees deep sinking in quicksand

Pulse quick, lose it to liquid
Don't move, palms sliding slick when
All fails, no lesson to learn
Bad man's burden to bury, to burn

And despite it all I feel so high (down and down we go)
It lifts me off the ground (down and down we go)
Hellfire from the sky (down and down we go)
It breaks me up and down (down and down we go)

Hands up, begging for mercy
Chest high, deep down and dirty
Stone gaze, never a flinch
Mouth sewn shut, and a head in a ditch

Sink, sink, just getting faster
Hold fast, not that it matters
Breath slips, just for a moment
Bastard sun, oh my god and master

And despite it all I feel so high (down and down we go)
It lifts me off the ground (down and down we go)
Hellfire from the sky (down and down we go)
It breaks me up and down (down and down we go)

(Eye-ey-Eye-ey-Eye)
(Eye-ey-Eye-ey-Eye)
(Eye-ey-Eye-ey-Eye)
(Eye-ey-Eye-ey-Eye)

Kills me, never to know
Feet hit bottom in a shit filled hole
Last chance, pit of the stomach
Runs from the tongue to the tip of the sole

And despite it all I feel so high (down and down we go)
It lifts me off the ground (down and down we go)
Hellfire from the sky (down and down we go)
It breaks me up
It breaks me up and down

To live where vultures dare and fly so free (fly so free)
Far above my earthly problems low
Unbound by gravity and bring-me-downs (bring me downs)
What do they see, what do they know?