Concrete Kisses & Sister Wishes

kicks like the drugs do
the prescription i take
put it right through you
with all that it ensures
the topic for a medical relief
placed in frames for all to see
the matters that matter to me

sobriety in the story
where there's a sunny sky
there's a place and time
brief understanding about what's yours
and what's mine
no sorrow that has to be talked of
but what she finds in belief
she takes with a grain of salt
day dreaming about when she used to be loved

rooftops were a welcome company
so tell me now how i keep her from the ledge
while she blows kisses to the pavement
i want her in bed asleep
so far from the edge

church bearings that beat the remedy to death
pray for it's soul and ask you to be faithful
this trust finds itself tested on all fronts
scores of testaments in the halls
talks of lost loved ones singing from beyond the walls
keep the nerves from shaking
but some days it may prove to be too much
when her parents don't pay attention
and i can only be the one who has to say it's quite enough
and her sister just longs to know shes okay
with the coldest touch
she has just enough fate to push the doors open
the match will settle the debts and she runs
only to jump as far as she can
i never believed there was this much for you to go through
but i'll be at the pavement
i'll be at the pavement waiting
to catch you