Let The Blade Do The Work

Just another town that might never recover
Just another friend who's gone and lost his mind
Just another sunset from the city train
As we ride it free to the end of the line
It's just a, just another rusted tent
Laying sideways in the harbour
While all the men are out at sea
You say you don't want trouble
That you left that life behind
But you've got trouble here
With a capital T

And it's like this every time
You know it's like this every time
It's always like this every time
It's always like this
It's always like this

So looking out across the formless frontiers
I scream your name down five broken valleys
And paint a picture of a glass-hearted girl
With promises way too numerous to tally
And in the searchlight that's spent cheapening the midnight sky
I think of you and how you had that troubled start
But you never let it wash you away
To a town where you didn't speak the language
And if you did, you'd always know what to say
And say, "Let the blade do the work
Let the blade, let the blade do the work
Let the blade, let the blade do the work
Let the blade, let the blade do the work"

For years now, all I've heard is heave-ho
We've got two burnt cars down on the beach road
And with a little bit of luck, real soon I'll be going home
With no blood on my hands
I've got blood on my hands

So laying down beneath the pregnant paws
And in the constant coverage of the wars
We never hear of what's been learned
It's just a thousand rocks left to unturn
And in her monument, she is sleeping in her clothes tonight
And waking up before the sun has a chance to rise
To write her mantra across the skies
It reads, "Pick up the wrench if it's a victimless crime"

And it's like this every time
You know it's like this every time
It's always like this every time
It's always like this
It's always like this
Some may call it patience, I just call it time
There's plenty of it passed now, but it never left my side
I carry all the insults, I carry all the fear
Everywhere I go
You can blame it on my family, I blame it on my size
It'll go like this forever, I'll ride the pattern every time
I'll follow all the blue lines, ruin them all eventually
And then I'll leave

You know I spat in his face and I slapped
'Cause it's all I had at my disposal
'Cause he took all the words out my mouth
And turned everything into a battle, yeah

I've been sleeping more than ever, I can't be sure what's worse
You were looking for a carer, but I laid my needs and terms out first
I'm as selfish as they come, babe, you gobble all the pride you can
I understand

You know I spat in his face and I slapped
'Cause it's all I had at my disposal
'Cause he took all the words out my mouth
And turned everything into a battle
Turned everything into a battle, yeah

But one day, all of this, all of it
Won't matter anymore
One day, all of this, all of it
Won't matter anymore
One day, all of this, all of it
Won't matter anymore
One day, all of this, all of it
Won't matter anymore
One day, all of this, all of it
Won't matter anymore
One day, all of this, all of this, yeah
All of this, yeah
All of this, yeah
Won't matter anymore, yeah, yeah
One day, all of this, all of it
Won't matter anymore
One day, all of this, all of it
Won't matter anymore