00:22Ashtray moons on a hotel sink
00:30Static ghosts in the TV blink
00:37Half burned letters on the floor
00:44Someone pounding at the backstage door
00:51Needles and flashbulbs cut the night
00:55Every stranger wants a piece of life
00:59But the mirror cracks when the cameras glow
01:03And nobody sees how low you go
01:13Seattle rain on an empty street
01:17Old canvas, dragon-tired fate
01:21Another interview, another lie
01:24Another fake smile, dead behind the eyes
01:28And the walls keep breathing
01:31While the silence grows
01:35Fame's a rusted halo
01:39Nobody really knows
01:43Black rain polaroids
01:48Black rain polaroids
01:49Falling from the sky
01:51Everybody loved the songs
01:55Nobody asked why
01:58Candles burn like cigarettes
02:01Candles burn like cigarettes
02:03Down to poison wax
02:06And every road he wandered down
02:10Never let him back
02:20Guitars hanging like crucified bones
02:23Pay phones ringing in empty homes
02:27Friends keep talking through a haze of smoke
02:30But every word
02:32But every word just sounds broke
02:35Sleeping with the curtains closed
02:38Trying to outrun the overdose
02:42Voices crawling through the brain
02:45Like insects dancing in the rain
02:49The city sings and feedback screams
02:52While angels drown in magazine dreams
02:56And all the gold records on the wall
03:00Can't save a soul
03:02When it starts to fall
03:26The late night radio whispers low
03:30Another song from long ago
03:34He stares outside where the street lights bleed
03:38Wondering if anyone hears what he needs
03:42Not the icon
03:45Not the saint
03:49Just a tired man
03:53Fading into paint
03:57Black rain polaroids
04:01Scattered in the wind
04:04Every scar became a story
04:08Every loss a sin
04:10Now the record's been forever
04:14But the room still feels cold
04:18Some legends burn too brightly
04:22Before they grow old
04:32See how the rain keeps falling on the houses and the bars
04:40And somewhere an old guitar still hums
04:46Beneath the dying stars
04:49In the news
04:54For the wind
04:58Joshua
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