[Intro]

(Distorted guitar tremolo, a lazy and heavy tambourine beat)

[Verse 1]

The ashtray’s full of things we didn't say

Another ghost is led to rest today

You held the match and I supplied the gale

A perfect wind for such a crooked sail

[Verse 2]

The wine is sour but we drink it fast

To make this wooden conversation last

You blame the gravity for every fall

But you’re the one who built the jagged wall

[Chorus]

We built this shipwreck in a shallow glass

And watched the better versions of us pass

I didn't trip alone into the night

You were the shadow dancing near the light

[Chorus]

It took a choir to sing this bitter tune

A crowded silence in a hollow room

Don’t try to wash the crimson from your hand

We’re both the tide that ruined all the sand

[Verse 3]

The portrait’s tilted on a rusty nail

A weary witness to a grander fail

I played the fool, you played the clever thief

And now we’re sharing all the same relief

[Bridge]

[Instrumental solo: Gritty slide guitar with a psychedelic delay]

It’s a lonesome road for a two-man show

Nowhere to run and nowhere left to go

[Outro]

A shared mistake

A hollow ache

For heaven's sake

The circle breaks.

(The feedback lingers then cuts to white noise)