You carry my picture You wear me around your neck Sometimes like a treasure Sometimes like a cross To keep those vampire memories at bay You grin and you bear it You grin and you bear it I thought I saw Something run through this house Through the walls Without slowing down Flew across the room In my peripheral vision You carry my picture You found one in the draw today Wide-eyed nineteen like you Now I'm the old man And heavier in every way Better before the world Lead me astray That was the dream Pictures and moments But these are the days I thought I saw Something run through this house Through the walls Without slowing down A child flew through the room In my peripheral vision Now and then Is bringing you down Then and now Is wearing you out Don't look back Be here with me now If you can somehow Be here with me now I thought I saw Through the walls The child flew through the room A child flew through the room In my peripheral vision