Gravel Queen

I would never have chosen
 Fire this sad and golden
 But now I'm curled around
 A heat I've learned to hate
 And I'm choking on the dust I generate
 I know now just where your heart has gone
 So pick it up from the gravel where it's fallen
 Anyone that knows can tell that
 I could never have seen through
 What could ever have kept you
 I'll stamp your face in tin
 Just to buy the hope
 That you'll know
 Just what this worthless currency is for
 I'm so cold I can't make it to the phone
 I'm weighted down by the gaps that I've ignored
 Anyone that knows can tell that
 I sometimes think my whole life hinges
 On just what anyone envisions
 Have I sold two years of my life
 For keeping up that part?
 Sweep it up this time, I've crumbled to the floor
 I don't know why you'd wait around for more
 This kingly little crown has slipped
 A well-known drag that no one gets
 You've got a right to know just where your heart has gone
 So pick it up from the gravel where it's fallen
 One more chance to keep it hid
 In any little hole that fits