I've Been Delivered

Well, I could break free from the

Wood of a coffin if I need

But nothin's hard as gettin' free from places

I've already beenI've been waste-deep

In the burnin' meadows of my mind

In the engine in cold December

Shootin' fire from the hoseNow turn off your lights

'Cause I'm not comin' home

'Til I'm delivered for the first timeI was first-born to a parade

That follows in rows

Down a narrow cold black river

Faceless shadows movin' slowI would move swift when

The sounds of a trumpet would blow

I've been the puppet, I've been the strings

I know the vacant face it bringsNow the bells of curfew

They may ring before I'm through

But soon I'll be delivered for the first timeYou might keep clean

In the back of an angel motorcade

It doesn't matter who walks in

You know, the joke is still the sameYou'll just wake up

Like a disposable lover, decomposed

I've been gone, I've been remembered

I've been alive, I've been a ghostSo now, if downtown explodes

I'll still be on this road

'Til I'm delivered for the first timeI have drawn blood from the neckline

When vampires were in fashion

You know I'd even learn to cut my throat

If I thought I could fit in'Cause I, I once heard that you gotta learn

How to blend in to this mess

Where nothin's hard, nothin's precious

And nothin's smooth or flawlessNow, no more amused

Just screaming to be delivered

For the first timeNow I'm 10 miles in the deep

And mighty blue sea

Looking back, towards a long white beach

Burnin' up into yellow flamesAnd I just wave back

Like a little boy up on a pony in a show

'Cause I can't fix something this complex

Any more than I can build a roseSo just keep on letting go

'Cause I must be close

To being delivered for the first timeNow I'd rather bleed out a long stream from being

Lonely and feel blessed

Well than drown, laying face down

In a puddle of respectI was once lost

In the corridors of the arena in blindfolds

I've been the bull, I've been the whip

I just pulled down the matadorSo now, turn on your lights

'Cause I'm comin' home

I've been delivered for the first time