Weakerthans, The - Prescience Of Dawn lyrics

The sirens woke me up again
I know their coming for me someday, just a matter of when
Count to 25 & yawn
Touch the clock & turn my back against the dawn & hope for
That one dream
Of hardware stores with checkered floors
And buckets full of nails
Or floating effortless, over the apartment in a boat
And rowing past the office windows
Mother, Mother may I cry?
Father will you teach me how to die the right way someday?
I do not want a 2nd chance
To turn my stuttering reluctance into romance with these
Documents & kindergarden anthems
With my drunken liturgies
Tune the FM into static
And pretend that it is the sea
But four words fumble for the microphone:
You should´ve known
You should´ve known

Weakerthans, The Ringtones