Alone and helpless in a television dream
I can't make anything what it should seem
Another lie by omission
Bestows on misery a life
Down upon me like a wicked rain
Burns the memory of my pain
A cold unwelcome vision
Of my mystery and knife
A cleansing blade of night
To take me from the fight
Sometimes I feel like I should die
I know you've heard me cry
For the sweet succor of darkness
I'll lie back and watch the sky

My friends, there's always time
For suicide and wine
My heart is growing weary
Of this pointless pantomime

As silent and peaceful as I know it may be
I think this town still might be killing me
A perpetual meat grinder
Such things I so adore
A black tide rumbles from below
Feel my sorrow ebb and flow
A new liquid reminder
Of what I'm destined for
An elixir of truth
To free me of my youth
Winners say we're losers, all
The fools will bring about my fall
They don't understand the strength
Of words spoken in an empty hall

My friends, there's always time
For suicide and wine
I think that I shall make an end
Instead of one more futile rhyme

I know some things will never change
No matter how I want them to
Although I know you find me strange
Why can't you tell I'm human too
I know that to you I'm nothing
Just a shadow you wish would go away
Please leave me here beneath the mud
So I might find some time to pray

So I might find some time to pray
God forbid you let me stay
God forbid I get my say
God forbid I have my way
Leave me here another day
Let my blood run as it may
It doesn't matter anyway

I know there's always time
For suicide and wine
Either one will quench my thirst
To leave this filthy world behind

All my words are spoken and all my songs are sung
You're only immortalized if you die young
A baby's breath
An unmourned death
Swallow once and feel the cold
Without even a hand to hold
While it's a shame to die before I lived
I'd rather leave you young than old

My friends, there's always time
For suicide and wine
I think I shall drink deep of both
And watch the dimming stars shine

Watch them shine