St. Vincent – Hell Is Near Lyrics

Album on All Born Screaming

Hell Is Near Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Empty cup and a can full of marigolds
Half-burned candle, a picture pinned on the wall
Letters, records, and ash on linoleum
Signs of life, the beginning, the beginning
Our beginning, begin again

[Chorus]
I was bare
And your word was still warm in my hand
I was bare
Wanted all under Heaven allowed

[Verse 2]
Snubbed-out smoke in a pack from the Nowhere Inn
Water glass with the smudge of a lipstick stain
Box of nails, olive branch, and the holy ghost
Leave the rest, but come back for the marigolds
The beginning, the bеginning, the beginning, still ahead

[Chorus]
I was barе
And your word was still warm in my hand
I was bare
Wanted all under Heaven allowed

[Outro]
Give it all away, you give it all away
‘Cause the whole world’s watching you
Give it all away, you give it all away
‘Cause the whole world’s watching you
Give it all away, you give it all away
‘Cause the whole world’s watching you
Give it all away, you give it all away
‘Cause the whole world’s watching you