Grinning Like a Slit

You can look to the mountain
 You can talk to the dead
 You can run to the city lights
 But it's all in your head
 You can look to a stranger
 But all you'll find is a wall
 You can wish all you want
 But no one answers at all

 Goodbyes
 They are flies
 That rise from shit
 And I was skinning
 A new beginning
 While you were grinning
 Like a slit

 You can try not to cry out
 As you wake in the night
 You can stare at the blackness
 But it's taken your sight
 You imagine a face there
 That you can almost touch
 You can reach all you want
 But it's only a crutch

 Goodbyes
 They are flies
 That rise from shit
 And I was skinning
 A new beginning
 While you were grinning
 Like a slit

 Where are you now?
 Where is the crowd?
 These sleeping streets
 Are speaking aloud
 And I couldn't recall
 The feeling at all
 The moment I realized I was going to fall