Monster Burger And A $5 Beer

Stay offline as I'm looking for some peace of mind
Take a drink and let my stomach settle
Just as it calms, the phone starts to ring, prompting me to unravel
Dim the lights just in case there's someone there outside
How much longer 'til we reach the sunrise?
The moment that I've been left alone, everything's terrifying

As soon as you're gone
I sit and I wait and I sit and I wait
Until you come home

It's like the feelings elevated (when you're not around)
The sameness (in repetition)
Stay in (the pipes sound like a stranger to me)
As I try to get some sleep

Little bird got torn up by a stray
All red-tinted feathers and both broken wings
Mercy came in the heel of my boot
Such terrible things that your kindness can do (awake every day)
Dedicated time for licking at your wounds (such a disheartening thing)
Can't undo the hurt when they open anew (I sit and I wait)
Mercy hangs by the heel of a boot (and I sit and I wait until you come home)
When being alone only darkens the view

It only comes when you're away
And when you're there it makes me brave
The clockwork, steady in detail
Destroyed, then just as quick rebuilt
The bird torn up
Shallow breath and in pain
The cat watching
Coming back as I leave

As soon as you're gone
I sit and I wait and I sit and I wait until you come home
Awake every day, such a disheartening thing
I sit and I wait and I sit and I wait until you come home

(It's always too long)
Little bird got torn up by a stray
All red-tinted feathers and both broken wings
(I sit and I wait and I sit and I wait until you come home)
Mercy came in the heel of my boot
Such terrible things that your kindness can do
(Awake every day, such a disheartening thing)
Dedicated time for licking at your wounds
Can't undo the hurt when they open anew
(I sit and I wait and I sit and I wait until you come home)
Mercy hangs by the heel of a boot