other side of town

i traveled all those miles for you,
on a thousand dying breaths with your name on them.
now i'm standing on the edge of all that's true,
and those behind me say it's all the same to them.

why don't you meet me on the other side of town,
and i'll tell you all about this
journey that's cracked my skin and skinned my knees,
and now my bells are sounding,
"why don't you call my name already?
why don't you call my name already, now,
and take me down, to the other side of town."

i never meant to feel this way,
thought i'd always stay so true and clean and clear as glass.
"but dust is just the way of the world," you said,
"just close your eyes and smile and know this too shall pass."

well, i didn't mean to come this way for my own sake,
i had you shining in my eyes,
then the desert drained into the sky inside,
and now, here i am crying,
"why don't you call my name already?
why don't you call my name already now,
and take me down?"

to the other side of town, where the skies are blue and light
and everyone knows how to feel all right,
and the sun rains down from the starry sky
cause day and night have compromised to make more light,
cause it's paradise, it's all a mirage,
and all of that walking was all for naught,
maybe the voice of god or the stars or the sun, say,
"i just had to see if you could love someone."
so come on, call my name already,
come on and call my name already, now and take me down,
and come on, call my name already,
come on and call my name already now, and take me down,

cause i traveled all those miles for you,
on a thousand dying breaths with your name on them.