Nothing Is True Lyrics - Jim Carroll

You get nothin' back for all you've saved 

Just eternity in a spacious grave 

She said, "nothing is true, everything is permitted" 

Things just go from bad to worse 

Starts like a kiss and ends like a curse 

But nothing's true, she said everything is permitted 

She got jewels on her tongue to time the stars 

She drives all morning in unmarked cars 

But nothing's true, it is all permitted 

She got these special tools just to keep things tight 

They robbed her eyes long ago of light 

But nothing's true, she told me it's all permitted 

She got inscrutable poise and nihilist charms 

She gets her sleep through tubes in her arm 

She said nothing is true, she said everything is permitted 

She nods on graves, the marble's cold and white, 

Her dreams surround the sun like a satellite 

She said nothin' is true, she told me it's all permitted 

The spiders [milk? ] her thigh, it does not phase her 

She cleans her skin with a krypton laser 

Nothing is true, everything is permitted 

She got heels so high, she got a gown so thin 

Her eyes stop the whip before it tames her sin 

She says nothin' is true, everything is permitted 

Until they perfect the techniques to clone 

You all better remember you're all alone 

Because nothing is true, she said everything is permitted