Our pockets will be emptied

Our pockets will be emptied
and it will not be terrible
It will lighten us for flight

Lola (She's Putting on Her Eyeliner)

She’s got black wine bangs and rainstorm eyes
And a bouquet blooming from her breast
If you see her in the window she’ll turn off the light
Just to rob you of her silhouette

She holds hands with her shadow when the sun is out
Says that it’s her only friend
She doesn’t trust the candles in the jack-o-lantern's mouths
But she dances in their blazing grins

She’s putting on her eyeliner
I’m watching in the mirror
From the edge of her bathtub
Her cheeks are black and smeared

BRIDGE
I remember her walking
Nearly 20 blocks when
She went home sulking
In the snow


Lola
She tapped me on the shoulder
Lola
She kissed me on the cheek
Lola
We had an understanding
Lola
That this was meant to be

She tells me she doesn’t know how to live
Never learned to push and shove
She takes all the pity that I’ve got to give
But she won’t let me pawn off my love

BRIDGE

Lola
She’s putting on her eyeliner
Lola
She’s looking at herself
Lola
In the bathroom mirror
Lola
And nobody else

She told me that she don’t remember how to cry
Or the last time that she wanted kissed
She told me she’s too beautiful for suicide
Then let me trace her burning wrists

Lola
She’s putting on her eyeliner
Lola
I’m watching in the mirror
Lola
She needs a congregation
Lola
I guess that's why I'm here