True Secrets of the Wiser

Hey, I've got a secret just for you
And if you listen, maybe two
I've been to every corner land
I've eaten from every outstretched hand
And if you can't find your way home
Look under every unturned stone
You'll find the secret there below
Look to the wiser; they will know
The key to staying dumb
Or coughing up a lung
She saw right through
A face of stone, and skin and bone
She soon began to peck
And opened up my neck
A cut so blue
Though hard I tried, I bled and died again

Gone, without regard we followed stars
Hiding inside the railroad cars
Into the dusty desert green
Into the hip new LA scene
We pondered mistakes, I wrote them down
We slept over lakes, we slept through towns
We woke just in time to see the lights
We just nearly died we did it right

Now, until the very bitter end
We will forget where to begin
We'll tell the tale of hopping trains
And living by means we can't explain
Passing by every mountain peak
New York to Cali in a week
Hungering only for the night
We just nearly died we got it right