Like a thread Around your neck Writing cheques You'll never spend Featherweight The way you bend To sedate To make amends For years and years you light the way (I'll wait) Four years to burn away that pain And there is nothing left to take This weight Cast your bets Let it shift Shed your skin Chrysalis You try to mend You try again Time for time And never end For years and years you light the way (I'll wait) Four years to burn away that pain And there is nothing left to take This weight Heavy rain close to home Skin is gaunt, lilac, chrome There's something in the water On my way home Something in the water Oh, I was wrong