Fire Escape

Crumpled up on the floor of the shower
 Hope the neighbors aren't home
 Bitter pills and a Camel for breakfast
 Pour the day down the drain on my phone
 It won't feel good 'till I hear your voice
 On the north side of town
 Clumsy words stumble over the phone
 Glance down the hall in your hospital gown
 Like the photographs hung up of tangled up bodies
 On my old kitchen floor
 The faces come flooding in and soak up the reasons
 Why we're not that close anymore
 Why I missed your wedding day and what was I running from
 Closeness or distance or trucks in Nebraska
 And I just black out what I do to survive
 Life's got two yellow lines and I fell asleep driving
 Your heart screams the word, your mouth finds their shape
 "I'm not gonna die here"
 The glass cuts your feet as you walk away
 The picture gets clearer
 It's a house up in flames and you built your own cage
 Just so no one could hurt you
 If there's nothing to lose, there's nothing to gain
 That's just something you learn through