when the drugs hit you, tingly begins
conviction plus tone equals hope under the threat of separation
the nadir's fluorescent, the shriek of a gull suspended in air
the sound of the sea, anywhere, anywhere

when the drugs quit you, as loyal as a fruit fly you'll mutter to yourself
"you talentless fuck, good fucking luck, good fucking luck"
a delicatessen, shriek of a horn suspended in air
the sound of the town, anywhere, anywhere

it quits you in situ and here it begins
quits you at a payphone in the snow
one night in copenhagen
one night in copenhagen

and you know the nadir's fluorescent, the shriek of a gull suspended in air
the sound of the town, anywhere, anywhere, anywhere