My Childish Bride

Have you ever seen a map laid flat, four corners pinned back
 All the lines and the legend in black
 So clear that you feared it was nearly all in your mind?
 And the phrase that fell from her lips
 Left a rip from the top of your shoulders to the point of your hip
 And the feeling that you get is if God exists he's really unkind
 But it's not what you want to say when you're losing
 All the meaning's lost in the choosing
 The right side, the wrong side, the side that's been winning
 Forget the words, look back to the beginning
 My childish bride
 Oh, how I miss your face
 Sometimes, I see my life slip by across your face
 There's an ocean on land, there's a plan, there's a plan
 There's a fifty-foot tower running power over sand
 There was a city on a hill, it was a thrill but the lights are all gone
 Now we stare at each other like a sister to a brother
 Like a pusher to a shover, like a secret to a cover
 Like a lover to a lover under covers with the stereo on
 But it's not what you said to me when you were leaving
 Oh, this mass of bodies, we're heaving
 The right way, the wrong way, the way that they taught us
 Forget your words, remember they got us
 My childish bride
 Oh, how I miss your face
 Sometimes, I see my life slip by across your face
 Tell me are you real? Do you feel?
 Do you steal these moments you reveal with those eyes that can't conceal?
 Were you wronged? Was your song just some clever thing that you made up?
 'Cause the words are just right and I could listen all night
 I could whisper, I could bite, I could write
 I could write, I could sing, I could cling
 There's not a single thing I'd ever give up
 But it's not what you meant to me when you were leaving
 Oh, this mass of bodies all heaving
 The right way, the wrong way, the way that they taught us
 Forget yourself, remember they bought us
 My childish bride
 Oh, how I miss your face
 Sometimes, I see my life slip by like a taste of death