Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down

Oh, well it's hard to look deep into your soul

Not everything you'll find will be perfect gold

There are ghosts and demons that hide in the dark

Oh, they wait till I find love and then they lark

Oh, they know that my body is no way good enough

Know that my heart is no way strong enough to bear the sorrow that love brings

Oh, when I coil in fear, oh, the demons sing

But it's a hollow love for a heart with no blood

In its veins

Oh, there is no endless devotion

That is free from the force of erosion

Oh, if you don't believe in God

How can you believe in love?

When we're all just matter that will one day scatter

When peaceful, the world lays us down

Oh, and finding love is a matter of luck

Oh, and unsettled lovers move from fuck to fuck

Oh, and compare their achievements like discussing bereavements

And compare their abrasions with romantic quotations

Oh, as peaceful, the world watches down

Oh, we were blown out of the water

Oh, and we walk on the feet we have grown

Oh we were given a heart, at least love was a part

Oh, and we called it the thing from which our life will spring

And it gave value to the world that surrounds us

But we consider the world just for a moment

Oh, and it's gone before we even know

Oh, but I'll follow it 'round

Yeah, I'll follow it 'round

Oh, I'll follow it 'round

Yeah, I'll follow it 'round

'Till peaceful, the world lays me down