I`ve Been Delievered — текст песни (The Wallflowers)

I could break free from the
Wood of a coffin
If I need
But nothin`s hard as
Gettin` free from places
I`ve already been

I`ve been waste-deep
in the burnin` meadows
of my mind
In the engine
In cold December
shootin` fire from the hose

Now turn off your lights
`Cause I`m not comin` home
`Til I`m delivered for the first time

I was first-born to a parade
that follows in rows
down a narrow cold black river
faceless shadows
movin` slow

I would move swift when
the sounds of a trumpet would blow
I`ve been the puppet
I`ve been the strings
I know the vacant face it brings

Now the bells of curfew
They may ring before I`m through
But soon
I`ll be delivered for the first time

You might keep clean
In the back of an angel motorcade
It doesn`t matter who walks in
You know, the joke is still the same
You`ll just wake up
like a disposable lover
decomposed
I`ve been gone
I`ve been remembered
I`ve been alive
I`ve been a ghost

So now, if downtown explodes
I`ll still be on this road
`Til I`m delivered for the first time

I have drawn blood
From the neckline
When vampires were in fashion
You know I`d even learn
To cut my throat
If I thought I could fit in

`Cause I, I once heard
That you gotta learn
How to blend in to this mess
Where nothin`s hard
Nothing`s precious
And nothin`s smooth or flawless

Now, no more amused
Just screaming to be delivered
For the first time

Now I`m 10 miles in the deep
And mighty blue sea
Looking back, towards a long white beach
Burnin` up into yellow flames

And I just wave back
Like a little boy up on a pony
In a show
`Cause I can`t fix
Something this complex
Any more than I can build a rose

So just keep on letting go
`Cause I must be close
To being delivered for the first time

Now I`d rather bleed out
A long stream from being lonely
And feel blessed
Well than drown, laying face down
In a puddle of respect
I was once lost
in the corridors of the arena
in blindfolds
I`ve been the bull
I`ve been the whip
I just pulled down the matador

So now, turn on your lights
`Cause I`m comin` home
I`ve been delivered for the first time