Searchlight

would you Love me the same
at eleventh and main
ploughman thinks it’s a game
but the thief knows the score
because she’s seen this before
then the joker knocks at the door
[the thief] she knows what for
someone saw me over there
babblin' bout the “Danbury Affair” [fair]
swift to the switchblade
headed east on north toward the masquerade
the lost years I tried to evade
but when I arrived
I saw with my own eyes
she didn’t survive
she was torn to the ground
heavy-hearted sound
when her timbers struck the ground
I was in heaven and hell
into purgatory I fell

oh searchlight search for me
oh searchlight search for me

what’s that about fearless
do you hear this
"silly man, fear this and no other"
said an angel of grace
as she opened up a space
for me to see that which can't be seen
that which has no size or shape
no mass no weight
no sound or scent
and yet somethin in me [sees]
as she’d have me
oh masquerade
I miss yer face
I crave yer taste
last-dance lemonade
salt-water martini
vultures circlin’ me

oh searchlight search for me
oh searchlight search for me...