Dead Horse

This dead horse is done being beat
It won't move no more, won't even lift its feet
One big city full of dust and sleet
Wailing sirens lure us to the edge of defeat.

One by one I watch our love unbind
Countless promises turn into lies.

This dead horse is done being beat
Lifeless eyes gaze into the deep
Down below, where elephants sleep
A silent stampede waiting for the exit strategy.

Gotta call a paramedic for our ailing souls
But we get lost fighting on the way to the phone
Would you remind me why I feel so cold
Wrapped up in a love that's grown so old?

One by one I watch our love unbind
Countless promises turn into lies
Guilt trips open flood gates
Go on and wring me dry
I just wanted to be happy.

If I had any sort of patience
I'd sit here waiting for the dawn
When you come walking out of silence
Out of the fog of my infatuation.