Hell Is Near

Empty cup and a can full of marigolds

Half-burned candle, a picture pinned on the wall

Letters, records, and ash on linoleum

Signs of life, the beginning, the beginning, our beginning, begin again

I was bare, and your word was still warm in my hand

I was bare, wanted all under heaven allowed

Snubbed-out smoke in a pack from the Nowhere Inn

Water glass with the smudge of a lipstick stain

Box of nails, olive branch, and the holy ghost

Leave the rest, but come back for the marigolds

The beginning, the beginning, the beginning, still ahead

I was bare, and your word was still warm in my hand

I was bare, wanted all under heaven allowed

Give it all away, you give it all away

'Cause the whole world's watching you

Give it all away, you give it all away

'Cause the whole world's watching you

Give it all away, you give it all away

'Cause the whole world's watching you

Give it all away, you give it all away

'Cause the whole world's watching you