Stories from the Back of His Motorcycle
Excerpt
His foot closed down over the cigarette he’d just thrown casually to the floor. I watched Vaughn commit such a normal crime – one that I’d failed to coax him out of – even after his life-altering words sunk in. He examined the various expressions that crossed against my face with wary eyes. Vaughn was worried I’d freak out. Start bawling. Start shouting. Start denying. But he should have known me better than that.
“So you’re dying? Well… that sucks.”
His foot closed down over the cigarette he’d just thrown casually to the floor. I watched Vaughn commit such a normal crime – one that I’d failed to coax him out of – even after his life-altering words sunk in. He examined the various expressions that crossed against my face with wary eyes. Vaughn was worried I’d freak out. Start bawling. Start shouting. Start denying. But he should have known me better than that.
“So you’re dying? Well… that sucks.”
- I work in the dead of night
- When the roads are quiet
- And no one is around
- To track my moves
- Racing the yellow lights
- To find the gate is open
- She's waiting in her room
- I just slip on through
- You get in
- You get done
- And then you get gone
- You never leave a trace
- Or show your face
- You get gone
- Should have turned around
- And left before the sun came up again
- But the sun came up again
- Into the morning light
- To find the day is burning
- The curtains and the wine
- In a little white room
- No, I'm not alone
- Her head is heavy on me
- She's sleeping like a child
- What could I do?
- You get in
- You get done
- And then you get gone
- You never leave a trace
- Or show your face
- You get gone
- Should have turned around
- And left before the sun came up again
- But the sun came up again
- I was a killer
- Was the best they'd ever seen
- I'd steal your heart
- Before you ever heard a thing
- I'm an assassin
- And I had a job to do
- Little did I know
- That girl was an assassin too
- Suddenly I'm in
- Over my head and
- I can hardly breathe
- Suddenly I'm floating
- Over her bed
- And I feel everything
- And suddenly I know