This better be something great Clench your jaw till your teeth ache If the building doesn’t sway then the concrete’s gonna break You need to connect the dots And find out where I got this from In that time I could have died and felt perfectly alive There are shells in the water and birds underneath Done enough in my life to deserve the air I breathe Now sadness this time could not mean anything to me So I’ll just sleep with a gun My boats out in the desert At least it’s out of my drive There are things I wish I remembered that get lost to time I can see it in your eyes I can see it in your knuckles The whites will fade and your grip will suffer There are shells in the water and birds underneath Done enough in my life to deserve the air I breathe Now sadness this time could not mean anything to me So I’ll just sleep with a gun Parts of me love every part you don’t Structures struck up to the wind And all of time has gone Go and tell anyone who hears Find your love And find me here There are shells in the water and birds underneath Done enough in my life to deserve the air I breathe Now sadness this time could not mean anything to me So I’ll just sleep with a gun