There’s a fire in my brain and I’m burning up,
Oh my, oh my.
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry,
Oh my, oh my.
Every word I say is kindling
But the smoke clears when you’re around.
Won’t you stay with me, my darling,
When my walls start burning down, down, down
This house says my name like an elegy,
Oh my, oh my,
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be,
Oh my, oh my.
There’s still cobwebs in the corners
And the backyard’s full of bones
Won’t you stay with me, my darling,
When this house don’t feel like home
When this house don’t feel like home
Oh, ashes, ashes, dust to dust–
The devil’s after both of us.
Oh, lay my curses all to rest
And make a mercy out of me
This tired old machine is a’ rumbling,
Oh my, oh my,
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye,
Oh my, oh my.
All my aching bones are trembling
And I may yet fall apart
Won’t you stay with me, my darling,
When the war starts in my heart,
When the war starts in my heart
Oh, ashes, ashes, dust to dust–
The devil’s after both of us.
Oh, lay my curses all to rest
And make a mercy out of me.
Oh, ashes, ashes, dust to dust–
Tell me I am good enough.
Oh, lay my curses all to rest
And make a mercy out of…