Hours Away Sol was always prettier at the fix of dawn To remind you you’re not done till they say you’re gone, And every hero is a father to someone else’s son. I wore you like an eclipse and didn’t think about it You live here forever but you never know this town like you did When you learned how to learn down at the Hype downtown. Now I’m a rock rolling in a blue car trying to look so proud I was stoned in Fairfax, one of four good kids with weak stomachs. I was down in the day with a flame upon my lips and a wish between my hips. You could say that people combined can make a horrible sound to set it right Well, I’ve heard a lonely voice more than once, and it’s only in a hell of a life. Don’t wait for me to explain what I am to you. I came to my senses for you Back then I wasn’t any prettier Back then you just didn’t know any better You get to loving the hours away Just to keep the other hungers at bay That’s the last time we’re gonna look so low to see each other so high. I was just working in the garden, but I’d stay on into the nights For the nerve of what is said in the South’s blue lights Nobody sleeps alone much anymore, but now I need my space to love Beauty? I see it in the holy man because I cannot touch. Your one chance to be born is gone, And you’re gonna fade away one day But Heaven’s gonna direct it, And the next exit’s only hours away Independence Day went off like an exhaust pipe burst You’d let me fill up and drink if you were sure it’d kill my thirst I’d move from ritual to romance if I was sure a belief could move the earth Where’d it come from, and where is it going? Did you think it was going to change? Try to save some souls in the jungle, come home empty, and you try to stay the same. Don’t wait for me to explain what I am to you. I came to my senses for you Back then I wasn’t any prettier Back then you just didn’t know any better You get to loving the hours away Just to keep the other hungers at bay Nobody can live a day without dying And still nobody can stop trying Hollywood’s an uphill climb. We still got plenty of time Lead love, don’t lead love on Stand up straight, watch what you say ‘cause soon it’s gone Your one chance to be born is gone, And you’re gonna fade away one day. But Heaven’s gonna direct it, And the next exit’s only hours away. Eve