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Oh fossils, you lie there,And you pickled yourself with the liquor you drinkYou learned to walkBut now your will it shrinksStand tall my love I call as you sinkOh fossils, turn your flesh to stoneYou've encased these bonesIn a body that will not grow.And these hands are prone to strayTo keep dark thoughts and fears at bayAnd they'll creep upon a spine that is not yoursThey long for new notes, new notches, chords.And I dripped salty water on your kitchen floorIt was meant as a giftBut it was taken soreI thought the puddles prettyAs the glistened rawBut you've spent your whole lifeCleaning mess that was not yoursOh fossils, you lie there,And your family like lichenWill cling to your skinYou made your stand,SongtexteBut now your will it shrinksStand tall my love they call as you sinkOh fossils,Turned your flesh to stoneNow the sand that trickles through your veins is moving slowAnd I'll look a ghost in the eye each dayTill my head is stone and my pillow clayAnd these hands were the first that would go astrayBut you never used your own to make them staySo when I dripped salty waterOn your kitchen floorAnd I thought you'd be thankfulBut you took it soreAnd you said these puddles prickleTill my skin is raw.And I've spent my whole life cleaning mess.I won't clean yours. Aus Songtexte Mania