Old Light

Im a great oasis
Yeah Im a mirage
Im a beam of old light from a vanquished star and Ill only guide you into the dark
Im a parasite with a tapeworm
Yeah I got a bulletproof vest
Knowing my bad luck I aint ever gonna die so the good will never get any rest
Come bail me out of the state Im in
The drinks Ive had are no match for the truth
The crowd down here put its teeth in us
But the cures more dangerous than the venom is
So we leave it in
And we do those things that make us forget that were dying here
But were dying here
So love your blood while you can
Let it warm your freezing hands
Im a dog-less master
Yeah Im a master-less dog
When the whip and the tether are put aside forever
Im an ox that wanders into the swap
Im a rattlesnake across a braided rope
Im the demon on your side of the chalk
If I caught them girls who started them fires
Theyll track me down in the fog
Come bail me out of the state Im in
The drinks Ive had are no match for the truth
The crowd down here put its teeth in us
But the cures more dangerous than the venom is
So we leave it in
And we do those things that make us forget that were dying here
But were dying here
So love your blood while you can
Let it warm your freezing hands
You put a hex me women
Youre a thinner, youre a thinner
Yeah and these are nuclear winters
Atomic black winters
Ikept the fire alive because
Im a sinner, Im a sinner
Come here and let me boil your blood
Im a train as long as the track
I am concurrently outbound and just now getting back
They strung me up by a rope as tall as the trees
Though I land my two feet I still sway in the breeze