Good Intent

歌詞

You heard the crickets of the early eve They lurk around the opening in two's and three's Clementine told you not to move with the breeze I'll take you down to places where we dare not speak The red light in the doorway says she's armed But boy go try your luck and you might get pass Step into the dwelling of the liger's mouth Peer into the panic for a kick and swell You know you shouldn't be there but it's way past bed There's comfort in the fingers of your good intent You know you shouldn't be there but your money's all spent You've got your reputation and your good intent Your good intent Out to feed that habit when you've sowed that seed Nothing made you feel out of the ordinary But the air turns sombre and the night took heed Took you on a waltz of hypocrisy She broke your bones now you're lying in the dirt The shadow of a hunter under your torture It's not enough to say it's not what's in your heart You've tainted every moment till death do we part I know you didn't mean it boy you meant so well The pennies are cascading down your wishing well I know you didn't mean it when you counted to ten You're slipping through the fingers of your good intent I know you didn't mean it though you meant so well The pennies are cascading down your wishing well I know you didn't mean it when you counted to ten You've got your reputation and your good intent Such a good intent It's not enough to hope for the best It's not enough to lie there on a breast The liger's on the prowl now you've pulled its strings One false move and soon you're playing dice for a