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Well I saw John in a vision Years after he died I asked what it’s like to stop living He said, “It’s a look in your eye” Then he moved in slow-motion Said, “It’s kind of like that too Death is what you make it But you’ll find that out soon” No halo, no wings Just seventeen With a sheen of nothing Connor’s mom wore a Bandanna on her head Frail and tired, but still smiling Though she rarely left her bed One day she called us in Put Old Yeller on TV And we watched it both wishing We were outside climbing trees When the kid shot his dog She fixed Connor’s hair and said “Though it doesn’t seem fair Sometimes love’s interrupted by death” Songtexte Near the end KC said, “Son, no savior will return And his daddy ain’t waiting for us See what happened to Irene after years at the church Ain’t no Good Book keep maggots away from their lunch” The last words he said to his nurse were “Pray for me” Ed reclined on a frozen body for a smoke His friend stepped onto a landmine And Ed’s uniform got soaked His eyes lingered on the cigarette in his hand And he ashed it with his new finger The doc cut from a dead man He told me nights were so black It’s like you passed to the other side You’re not sure if you’re alive Till you feel the sweat burn your eyes At her place after working a late shift at the bar Drunk and mad at the hot city night She was scared, saying people got shot up on Starr I said, “Everything is alright” And it all seemed so suddenly sweet to me Even cleaning up rich tourist piss on my knees Kicking her hissing cat off of my feet I told her “We’re still sweating” Aus Songtexte Mania