Jim Carroll Still Life Lyrics

Still Life Lyrics

By Jim Carroll and Lenny Kaye



I don't believe in sin

But maybe I'll begin

A vagrant evil's climbing up my skin 

The shadows from last week

Are dancing in the street

In homage to the darkness closing in



It's hard to say what's different each new morning

I need some clue to tell me when or where



But it seems I must believe

Night wears it on its sleeve

A warning that the time's come to prepare . . .



I owe so much to someone

I've watched her teardrops fall

Like wings that melted reaching for the sun



I need her to be near

To clarify the dangers

I didn't come this far to die with strangers



I can't explain exactly what I'm saying

But you're the only reason I still care



But things become so clear

When the spider licks her tears

A warning that the time's come to prepare . . .



I beg you not to leave me

With these warnings in the air . . .

I never thought I'd say it

But for once I'm truly scared



We create every lie

In order to survive

To mirror all the terror in our souls



With nothing left to steal

Lies make our lives seem real

It slows down all the madness like a shield



I don't know why I need to understand it

I don't know if there's anyone who cares



I don't know how or why

It could be something in the sky

That makes it seem it's best to be prepared . . .



I don't know where it will be

Two by land . . . One by sea

Sleep with one eye open

Be prepared



The spectres ride the stallions of my ruin

The shifting of my blood tell me it's soon . . .



I don't know how

Or why . . . it could be

Something in the sky

That makes it seem the time says to beware



Little boy,

Looking at the sky,

Tell me what you see?



Little boy

Looking at the sky,

Tell me what you see???