No Face In the Crowd - Therefore I Am

And even her absence is a presence that stays

Silence is emphasized by a radiator’s shake

I sit confined again, I am buried deep within

Set up like stained glass in a windowless world

This is my life, eat, sleep, work, wait

Day by day I calculate the shapes

That tie me to this place, to this helm, to this hell

Inch by inch I trace the walls as she calls

But what miracle is this?

Eat, sleep, work, wait

There is no second I have lived that I can call my own

And even her absence is a presence that stays

Silence is emphasized by a radiator’s shake

As her still singing limbs echo in

Oh, outcry, oh, outcry, love delays our king

This pain is my lover, her kiss is my calling

So let the water run cold for now

As if Rome isn’t burning behind my door

In a world where we all live like teething rings

I am my own worst enemy

I am the house that will not set me free