You are listening to the phone ring   Like a church bell sounding out the hour.   And the ringing cuts the silence   Like a knife leaving little pieces left of your life.   You are watching the night shadows grow tall s   Swallowing you in terror like the foot on the wall.   Shake me down to the soil of a dream.   Take me whole and take me clean.   Take me from this reality cold and mean.   Cold and mean.   I can't answer I can't speak to anyone   Not until I witness the next rising of the sun.   It's this darkness it's like a lead weight in my shoe.   I couldn't rise to answer even if I wanted to.   Shake me down to the soil of a dream.   Take me whole and take me clean.   Take me from this reality cold and mean.   Shake me down to the soil of a dream.   Take me whole and take me clean.   Take me from this reality cold and mean.   Shake me down to the soil of a dream.   Take me whole and take me clean.   Take me from this reality cold and mean.   Cold and mean.