Now and Never More - Input, Astronautalis

I guess we’re maybe just the lucky ones

The devil chose us and she left us some

I guess it’s better that we’re left alone

Now and never more

You can bet you can count on them right

Had to leave you in the middle of the night

I guess it’s better that we’re left this way

Now and never more

Now and never more

It’s just seven steps to open every lock on my door

The thick oak boards would never surrender to anything

Short of forty-fours blastin' at the hinges

Mistakes never take more than six steps without the world endin'

So I can rest assured the locks’ll never give, the chains’ll never flinch

And no man but God can raise the bolts from the dead

And just for pinch, I leave a chair propped under the knob

Never too certain in this world gone lost

That’s why I keep every window locked, latched under key

The only thing I trust is the floor steadfast under me

I know you’re wondering what would drive a man to live like this

And what would happen if you accidentally slipped and hit your head

Lying passed out on the bathroom floor

Brain leakin', body weaken as the audience stands for the curtain call

And there is me, life flash before my eyes lookin' back

And laugh at times when I cut the telephone lines

And severed all ties, shut off the water and power

Sealed off from the steel hearts atop my ivory tower

I look down every now and then and hope she’ll answer my call

But I know she’s gone so what’s the point of ever leaving at all

Ever leaving at all

Lock the door on your way out I’m leaving it all

Behind

Goodbye

I guess we’re maybe just the lucky ones

The devil chose us and she left us some

I guess it’s better that we’re left alone

Now and never more

You can bet you can count on them right

Had to leave you in the middle of the night

I guess it’s better that we’re left this way

Now and never more

Now and never more

Awake with a bottle on the night-stand

Staring at me as it sparks reactions in my right hand

Grab hold as I continue this production

Of draining these fixations after drowning in dysfunction

The light from the atmosphere induces sensitivity

And burns my retinas in a fashion that convinces me

That this must be my punishment for those mistakes

That kept piling up until it crumbled on the sixth day

Now I stand in a carnival of nervous fans

Waiting for the moment to escape inside the caravan

Slam the door and tell the driver to accelerate

Toss my heavy baggage out and watch it all disintegrate

Sitting on a cushion still warm and broken in

From the last passenger that’s still running from unspoken sins

Pull over, let me walk before the grabs me

I will avoid all of the signs that say 'No Trespassing'

Step foot onto a trail of forgotten soles

Failing to admire cautions deeming me responsible

Head first without the proper education

Tampers with my pulse and my uneasy ventilation

Exhale watch the air escape my lips

Racing towards the surface as the current and the water shifts

There’s no need to attempt to see her face

If I break the plan today I won’t live past Thursday

So now I chose to become one with this tide

If it lands me on the shore where my integrity resides

Eyes closed it will work itself out

Alone and short-winded it will work itself out

I guess we’re maybe just the lucky ones

The devil chose us and she left us some

I guess it’s better that we’re left alone

Now and never more

You can bet you can count on them right

Had to leave you in the middle of the night

I guess it’s better that we’re left this way

Now and never more

Now and never more