Oh, how you bend through the lens of a heat shimmer
as the cars that aren’t parked in the shade of oak trees simmer
We find relief from the heat in the basement,
in the eve climb to the roof and try to be the Replacements
Do you ever get the feeling
that heaven’s just beyond the popcorn ceilings?
Oh, while you talk with a lisp of the apocalypse
sprinklers hiss and all God’s rainbows hover in the mist
when you insist it’s bound to draw around the bend this summer
my heart pounds as if pummeled by a heavy metal drummer
Do you ever get the feeling
that heaven’s just beyond the popcorn ceilings?
Oh, how your Nirvana shirt from K-Mart, starts to show it’s age,
and in the same vein, we’re born gently worn and from there just continue to fade, fade, fade
Do you ever get that feeling
that Heaven’s just beyond the popcorn ceilings?
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