Dark Water - Modern Life Is War

Balance is bittersweet when all you know is madness

Count my blessings.

Poke out my eyes

Privilege magnified & shoved in my face

When I walk through the tunnels where

The invalids lay

I’m wading in dark water when I should be in bed

With a head full of magic & a heart full of dread

My labors of toil.

My labors of love

Streetlight pale.

Goddamn the sun

We’re all dangerously close to the bottom

Anguish & Joy could be slammed shut

In the wink of an eye.

In the inky night

I’m a nightcrawler & I don’t know why

Balance is bittersweet when all you know is madness

Count my blessings — Claw out my eyes

There’s no rain to wash the piss stench away

When I walk through the tunnels where the invalids lay

I’m wading in dark water when I should be in bed

With a head full of magic & a heart full of dread

My labors of toil.

My labors of lust

Streetlight pale.

Goddamn the sun

We’re all dangerously close to the bottom

Anguish & Joy could be slammed shut

In the wink of an eye.

In the inky night

I’m a nightcrawler & I don’t know why