Like Lions Do

i've been throwing up over this ledge for the last 7 weeks
 and you've been throwing history to hell
 i've been writing almost everyday that i've been gone
 do you still remember how my beard once felt
 i've been eating seaweed from a whale named emily
 she could swallow me, or help swallow my pride
 we wade under the tow like diamonds
 we wade under the tow like diamonds
 i've been watching you look at a locket from your mother
 or perhaps its from a girl you don't speak of
 do you miss her when your sleeping
 do you find it hard to eat when
 everything reminds you of her stilly ghost
 so to captains of my captain how can i become i captain
 get the strength i need to pull this one around
 i will wait under the tow like lions
 i will wait under the tow like lions
 like lions do.
 oh my god, what am i doing here?
 and i walk this ship of golden brown
 you sit back covered up sounds
 that don't come from my lips
 you know they don't come from my lips
 and you can try to break the silence
 while you making love with violence
 to my flesh and blood a traitor
 oh my flesh and blood are traitors to you now