Failure to Thrive

The season's over
 The season's done
 Too slow to notice
 The fire's gone
 So thin on the ground
 With a chemical heart
 And a cheap excuse
 I've played my part
 A torch to the error
 And a cold hard look in the eye
 I wonder why
 You still wander 'round in rain
 A torch to the error
 And a cold hard look in the eye
 I ask you why
 You still wonder
 Run as long as you can
 'Til you know what I mean
 Not even the rain
 Can make me clean
 The content of those tiny hours
 Contemplate the price of those shadows
 Ever screaming toward the anvil
 What was the price of those shadows, brother?
 A torch to the error
 And a cold hard look in the eye
 I wonder why
 You still wander 'round in rain
 A torch to the error
 And a cold hard look in the eye
 I ask you why
 You still wonder 'round in rain
 A face to the terror
 And a long sharp stick in the eye
 I can't deny
 My trespass in poor domain
 A face to the terror
 And a long sharp stick in the eye
 I still decry
 Your judgment
 Your vanity
 Your name
 (Carry on)
 I found a new ring; taught it to believe again
 No broken memories remain -- no bloodsick "friends"
 The years behind us have all taken wing
 In ill-remembrance of a Mad Drunk King
 Those who go hiding all their tears in wine
 Will find that they've grown rotten on the vine
 So carry on, dear brother -- I wish you well
 (Just carrion)
 With brighter days in mind -- so long -- farewell