Golden And Green

Close your eyes...
 And you draw one more day to a close
 You choose to be alone
 You choose float through your life as a ghost
 And everything heals given time
 And everything dies given time
 And the scars run together
 They're mixing the nerves with the blood
 And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down
 And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground
 When your heart's deep and dark as a well
 And everything that's golden and green
 Goes to hell...
 And I was born to wind in the cradle
 And I ride on the hard southern breeze
 And I twisted the breed and the gold and you see
 And there's blood on my elbow and knees
 And people wanna grow old in the cradle
 When the snake's all around in the reeds
 And you ask me to fear of no evil
 When your fire's all over my feet
 And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down
 And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground
 When your heart's deep and dark as a well
 And everything that's golden and green
 Goes to hell
 I said bring out your Vivian girls
 Bring out your cloud-covered girls
 And bring me a cup of your tears
 And give me the rest of your years
 Because everything dies given time
 And I know that this world could be mine
 So I close both my eyes and I count my heartbeats
 And I know that my wing are on fire, fire
 My wings are on fire
 And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down
 And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground
 When your heart's deep and dark as a well
 And everything that's golden and green
 When you heart's deep and dark as a well
 And everything that's golden and green
 When you heart's deep and dark as a well
 And everything that's golden and green
 Goes to hell...