Erasure

Brazil

it’s a story about 
 a street named "Decision�? 
 lays open the skin 
 with its painful incision 

 erasure 
 it’s time to rest 
 erase your 
 complicated mess 

 a sharp dressed narcotic 
 that drips dark red 
 keeps you smiling 
 when you say it’s ok 

 it’s breaking me 
 with breathtaking ease 
 erasure 
 rub me out 
 erase your 
 panic anxiety 

 truth be told 
 I never liked her around 
 but she kept coming around between us 

 I can hear you 
 pioneer you 
 whisper near you 
 fire and virtue 
 got to keep a light burning all day 

 whatever 
 happened to 
 old-fashioned 
 face value 
 straight talking 
 went out with 
 June brides and fashion queens 

 it’s a story about a street named "Decision�? 
 lays open the skin with its painful incision 
 your words are guns 
 and they are loaded