Chalk Dust Torture Lyrics - Picture Of Nectar - Phish

Come stumble my mirth beaten worker 

I'm Jezmund the family berserker 

I'm bought for the price of a flagon of rice 

The wind buffs the cabin, you speak of your life 

Or more willingly Locust the Lurker 

Confuse what you can of the ending 

And revise your despise so impending 

'Cause I soak on the wrath that you didn't quite mask 

I'm getting it clearly through alternate paths 

Or mixed in with the signal you're sending 

But who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned 

I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned 

And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue 

Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun 

All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone 

Can't this wait till I'm old? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

But no peace for Jezmund tonight 

I plug the stress tube up tight 

And watch what I say as it flutters away 

To all this emotion is kept harmless at bay 

Not to educate somebody's fright 

But who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned 

I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned 

And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue 

Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun 

All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone 

Can't this wait till I'm old? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

But who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned 

As I sat in their chairs and my synapses burned 

And the torture of chalk dust collects on my tongue 

Thoughts follow my vision and dance in the sun 

All my vasoconstrictors they come slowly undone 

Can't this wait till I'm old? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

Can't I live while I'm young? 

Can't I live while I'm young?