After The Earthquake

After the earthquake
 Pictures hanging diagonally
 Drive-through crying and a milkshake
 It wasn't built to last
 Up in the front seat
 You were playing with the station
 And I was fidgeting with the heat
 Looking back to the vibrant days of
 Racket in the hall
 Caution to the breeze
 Say you'll climb your way out of your wake now
 Velvet curtain drawn
 Flowers at your feet
 Say you'll contemplate how
 You're weighed down
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 The pulse of the brake light
 Is the colour of burning embers
 If you wake up, you will remember
 The awful things I said at the edge of your bed
 Thrashing like a great white (I feel the northern tide)
 As they rolled you up on a stretcher (crashing on the pines)
 And the faint words of Jessica Fletcher (I feel the northern tide)
 Were drowned out by the sound of (crashing on the pines)
 Racket in the hall
 Caution to the breeze
 Say you'll climb your way out of your wake now
 Those days, I'd never let you fall apart
 But things fade, like the scent of a brand-new car
 Why would I ever fall in love again
 When every detail's over the guard rail?
 Say you'll climb your way out of your wake now
 Say you'll contemplate how
 You're weighed down
 Are you awake now?
 
 Are you awake now?
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 Racket in the hall
 Caution to the breeze
 Velvet curtain drawn
 Flowers at your feet