The storm has moved north, Manhattan drifts south The country's in ice, the gods underground But you are still home with your cigarettes Counting the stars underneath your breath Above the ash, above the ice We'll write your name in broken lights And while Jersey sleeps in violent dreams We'll see your face light up a screen Fire rose in May, snow fell in June Your family fled west, their demons went too But you are still home waiting for the call Reading your scene to paintings on the wall Admirers await in California These strangers don't know who you are I remember you in your parents car Cul-de-sac hides you in its arms Lies on the telephone don't know where you are