So Fast, So Numb

You're moving through the rough waters, motel boy

And swimming in your sleep

How could I be so blind, mis-sighted

Not to see there's something wounded deep?

Anyone could scratch your surface now

It's all amphetamine

You're blasting yourself into the present

To blur some past indignity, say that

You say that you hate it

You want to re-create it

I've been around, I've been your lover

I let it go at Kill Devil Hills

You're coming onto something so fast, so numb

That you can't even feel

You're drinking raw adrenal, baby

And do-si-do, saddo

You're eating cartilage, shark-eyes, shark-heart, all present tense

And boy, your blood is running cold

Listen! This is now, this is here this is me

This is what I wanted you to see

That was then, that was that that is gone, that is past

You cast yourself, cast passed by, thrown down fast

You say, you say that you hate it

You want to re-create it

I've played around, I've played your lover

I played it out to the hilt

You're coming onto something so fast, so numb

That you can't even feel

You love it, you hate it

You want to re-create it

Now! This is here, this is me

This is what I wanted you to see

That was then, that was that, that is gone

That is what I wanted you to feel

You love it, you hate it

I'm spitting out the bitter pill

I've been around, I've been your lover

I let it go at Kill Devil Hills

You're coming onto something so fast, so numb

That you can't even feel, whoa

I've been around, I've been your lover

I played it out to the hilt, whoa

You're coming onto something so fast, so numb

That you can't even feel

You've played around, you played me lover

I let it go at Kill Devil Hills, whoa

You're moving so hard, so fast, so numb

That you can't even feel