"Someway, baby, it's part of me, apart from me"

You're laying waste to Halloween

You fucked it, friend, it's on its head, it struck the street

You're in Milwaukee, off your feet

 

And at once, I knew

I was not magnificent

 

Strayed above the highway aisle

Jagged vacance, thick with ice

I could see for miles, miles, miles

 

Third and Lake, it burnt away, the hallway

Was where we learned to celebrate

Automatic bought the years you'd talk for me

That night you played me "Lip Parade"

Not the needle, nor the thread, the lost decree

Saying nothing, that's enough for me

 

And at once, I knew

I was not magnificent

 

Hulled far from the highway aisle

Jagged vacance, thick with ice

I could see for miles, miles, miles

 

Christmas night, it clutched the light, the hallow bright

Above my brother, I, and tangled spines

We smoked the screen to make it what it was to be

Now, to know it in my memory

 

And at once, I knew

I was not magnificent

 

High above the highway aisle

Jagged vacance, thick with ice

I could see for miles, miles, miles