Calexico

Close behind

Calexico


High atop radio towers 
Sky darkens in the final hours 
Marie, wrings her praying hands 
Don't see why the spirit won't understand 
While lines are crossed 
Hope's broken at the knees 
And at a loss 
The world's made of dust 
And dust it will return 
Sniper surveys the scene 
Angel chorus won't intervene 
Takes her child to the river's edge 
And let's her-go to the depths 
Where dark waters flow 
A singing tide 
Pulls her to the edge and hypnotize 
Samn any fool willing to believe 
There's no hand behind any of this 
What's it gonna take, force the cycle to break 
And skut it down before it makes another round 
Sworn in on an oath the lies 
Swat away a halo of flies 
Fast track vision deceives 
The storm on the horizon 
Close behind