When the baby's born
Oh, let's turn it to the snow
So that ice will surely grow
Over weak and brittle bones
Oh, let's leave it to the wolves
So their teeth turn it to food
Oh, its flesh keeps them alive
Oh, its death helps them survive
Oh, the world can be kind in its own way
(repeat the chord progression for verse 1 instrumentally before going into verse 2)
Oh well your future's a machine
With the mechanics of a dream
It is your mind that spins the wheel
And your heart that makes you feel
All the guilt for all your sins
Oh and as that wheel spins
Oh well it plays as they believed
And for your husband you have grieved
Oh the world still deceives you as it turns
(no instrumental break, cut straight to the next part)
Well in my lucid moments I could see
Oh that the heart might be the weakest part of me
Oh and the moon controls the movements of the tide
Oh but it has no weight on the movements of my mind
NC
And your sense of culpability
Is from the guides that you perceive
Will show you grace
Oh when you turn to a ghost
Oh but now the love you found
Is raising you from muddy ground
And oh the death will let you down
'Cause your curse
Will go on the same