she will treat you like a new invention
a fascinating kind of status symbol
but while you're missing every second
in the silent motion sickness
wondering when it stops

sitting in the bathtub watching the water drain

she's the new girl moved in next door
her family came out from atlanta
but while you're busy avoiding her
and the cautious freedom of it
sleeping around the block

walking in the streetlights watching the sprinklers turn on
sitting in the bathtub watching the water drain

she's an alchemist but no one knows this
turning sacks of rags into fortune
mmmm you're listening to the house settling
when her creeping fingers find you
holding all your breath

hanging in the basement lost in the spiders web
walking in the streetlights watching the sprinklers turn on
sitting in the bathtub watching the water drain