You are listening to the phone ring
Like a church bell sounding out the hour
And the ringing cuts the silence
Like a knife leaving little pieces left of your life
You are watching the night shadows grow tall s
Swallowing you in terror like the foot on the wall
Shake me down to the soil of a dream
Take me whole and take me clean
Take me from this reality cold and mean
Cold and mean
I can't answer I can't speak to anyone
Not until I witness the next rising of the sun
It's this darkness it's like a lead weight in my shoe
I couldn't rise to answer even if I wanted to
Shake me down to the soil of a dream
Take me whole and take me clean
Take me from this reality cold and mean
Shake me down to the soil of a dream
Take me whole and take me clean
Take me from this reality cold and mean
Shake me down to the soil of a dream
Take me whole and take me clean
Take me from this reality cold and mean
Cold and mean