Fossil Was a Friend of Mine

Fossil was a friend of mine So strange it meant anything Emergency upon the pale green wing Subterfuge in the jewelry aisle For my CCTV dream Thinking nothing Fossil was a friend of mine In sunken-ship shades of blue A winding wander toward the warmth of youth Videotapes of marching bands Shaky hands and chattering teeth Thinking nothing, far too young to be at peace Oh, please tell me why you're leaving Have you simply played your part? Are you one of them, who tiptoes through the dark? Or in the light, do you believe That nothing binds and nothing bleeds And do you play the bigger man so preemptively? A winter night, a winning smile Convinced me that life's a game It's not the cards you're dealt, it's how you play I'd never been touched by God before But I wanted something there If I can't compare Yet all those nights perched over death Can force an unworthy hand A shot at life, I lunged, I hatched my plan So when fossil beat me to adulthood It took a couple weeks to learn If I can't compare, where the hell else do I turn? Oh, please tell me why you're leaving Have you simply played your part? Are you one of them, who tiptoes through the dark? Or are you frightened stiff like me That nothing binds and nothing bleeds And do you play the bigger man so preemptively? The wedding of two friends who'd stayed I showed up dressed to the nines A trojan horse, the ravages of time But every face was new to me So I left a drunken shell You deserve yourself Yet fossil was a friend of mine With an open palm to the wind Running like the world someday begins And all I hope's that the city's warm When the winter reappears You deserve yourself, you deserve each rosy year