Don't just do something, stand there.

everyone just seems to be tangent
everything just seems to be tangent
like my strength is fading
and the light from the window pane
is crushing my chest
unable to move; i sit
i don't deserve
i don't do
but every now and then
I sing

then the people came
from miles around
came to watch me wither
alone in my bed
said i was beautiful
beyond that of the blue-eyed boy
hiding in pictures behind raindrops
and cigarettes
we knew i'd someday fade.

you don't always have to do something
you don't always have to deserve

everyone looked so tangent
everything looked so tangent

so i closed my eyes
and lied alone in bed
we all fade