Don't say it's the last time you'll ever need this   To simply blow over in words you conceal with   It doesn't mean much when you're telling me lies   To prove your affection, you'd marry my strings   But when I'm called away, do you bury my things   How easily unearthed what our maladies hide   But I'll never leave   You could never go where I couldn't follow   I'll make you see   Never been a pill or sin I couldn't swallow   I swear on the bottle, from the bottom, it all looks worse than it is   Ink takes, routine takes ink, we'll parch the words   That leave me as film on your lips, wrists, and fingers   A cage, like the first verse, when I promised you (us) all the rest   Now you'll feel the rest   But I'll never leave   You could never go where I couldn't follow   I'll make you see   Never been a pill or sin I couldn't swallow   I swear on the ballot, from up here, you can't see a thing   So I'll never ask   You could never take the words that would follow   And you'll never tell   Never said a thing that I didn’t already know   I swear on the gavel, from the battle, I've grown tired of the war   Let's remove the bond from these bands that we wear   The rings never closed, so there'll ne'er be a blame to bear   Where we're built to bend   Oh, the flesh never dyes