Gallows

I see you dancing near the gallows
banging on your tamburine
I think I lost my will to fight
oh if you know what I mean
ain't no diamonds in your pockets
ain't no rings on your fingers
I don't know what you're looking for
these days

I have no scarlet coat to wear
the blood and wine are in my hair
oh are you sorry now

somehow I doubt it

I'll sing and sing now if i can
I'll try and tell you who I am
but you don't want to understand
you'd rather dig my grave
so don't you dare to say you loved me
you don't know the way I was before
before this world was made

I have no scarlet coat to wear
the blood and wine are in my hair
oh are you sorry now

somehow I doubt it

Fall

you put feathers on your eyelashes
put your makeup on just right
spread your arms out towards the sky
told me to watch you fly
I told you I'll watch you fall

everything was alright
thought you'd make it through the day
until you pinned your eyelids shut
bought you braille books
said okay
I told you I'll watch you fall

centipedes are in your teeth
you left your snakeskin by the chair
must have been there for weeks
your eyes are yellow liver pale
I told you I'll watch you fall

Shallow

kicking up dust on these city streets
I can't wait to leave
I can't wait to leave
you think the world is flat
you're gonna fall off the edge
and I'm just as shallow
as the grave I dug for you
you know it's true
you know it's true
and I promise that I'm fine
but I...
I want to be somewhere where nobody knows my name