Must be a way to trace the steps back You'll find a better way to take it in stride It's all your kind Must be a way, the blues are so black And my heart an empty shape That I can't recognize before my eyes Must be a weight clinging to all of a life here Ain't no way to escape, dear It's grinnin' with blood in its eyes But is it a lie? Must be a way The days are so long here Watch my chest rise and fall here Till the light blackens out Oh I, I see it now Must be a weight clinging to all of my life here And I ain't the kind to forget, dear The dark architect in my mind Schemin' inside Must be a weight drafting this desert of mirrors But oh what is left when the smoke clears? Fragile and fallen I'll hide