Still Life Lyrics - Jim Carroll

By jim carroll and lenny kaye 

I don't believe in sin 

But maybe I'll begin 

A vagrant evil's climbing up my skin 

The shadows from last week 

Are dancing in the street 

In homage to the darkness closing in 

It's hard to say what's different each new morning 

I need some clue to tell me when or where 

But it seems I must believe 

Night wears it on it's sleeve 

A warning that the time's come to prepare . . . 

I owe so much to someone 

I've watched her teardrops fall 

Like wings that melted reaching for the sun 

I need her to be near 

To clarify the dangers 

I didn't come this far to die with strangers 

I can't explain exactly what I'm saying 

But you're the only reason I still care 

But things become so clear 

When the spider licks her tears 

A warning that the time's come to prepare . . . 

I beg you not to leave me 

With these warnings in the air . . . 

I never thought I'd say it 

But for once I'm truly scared 

We create every lie 

In order to survive 

To mirror all the terror in our souls 

With nothing left to steal 

Lies make our lives seem real 

It slows down all the madness like a shield 

I don't know why I need to understand it 

I don't know if there's anyone who cares 

I don't know how or why 

It could be something in the sky 

That makes it seem it's best to be prepared . . . 

I don't know where it will be 

Two by land . . . one by sea 

Sleep with one eye open 

Be prepared 

The spectres ride the stallions of my ruin 

The shifting of my blood tell me it's soon . . . 

I don't know how 

Or why . . . it could be 

Something in the sky 

That makes it seem the time says to beware 

Little boy, 

Looking at the sky, 

Tell me what you see? 

Little boy 

Looking at the sky, 

Tell me what you see? ? ?