Sliding back and sifting through   the litter from a parade   I didn't realize I was tied to you   until you flipped the blade      Well Time had the laugh-lines   even its earthquakes cannot reach   When you drive all night in the palm of the moon   just to wake up on the beach      Paralyze me with a trembling body   Paralyze me with your Polaroid face   I didn't realize I really wanted you to know me   until you reached the gate      Purple lips from the graveyard shift   said it takes a train to weep   But your broken tongue and tombstone teeth   aren't yet drunk enough to speak      Well Time had its fault-lines,   even the laughter can slip through   When the hardest thing to imagine once   seems like the easiest thing to do