Verse 1:
I've got a desperately lonely swingset that needs a loving home,
Your children can play on it, until they grow to old,

At least someone can put it to use.

I've got a friend who's constantly in the dark

I've got a broken young man, he stole my heart,
He doesn't have both of his legs now,
But he still walks around so proud


Chorus 1:
He said It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do it's killing.


Verse 2:
I used to lay there in bed, whacked out on drugs,

I couldn't go anywhere, my lungs sucked at being lungs
I read the same lonely book over and over again,
It was called "An Imperial Affliction, and I didn't want it to end


Then this broken young man, he came and swept me away,
After he asked my parents permission, we left one fine day and we found ourselves drinking stars in New Amsterdam


Chorus 2:
Falling in love was a lot like falling asleep

It happened very very very slowly
And then,
All at once.


Verse 3:
I've got a friend who's constantly in the dark,

I've got a broken young man, he stole my heart,
There is no shortage of fault to be found amidst our stars


I was at the young man's bedside, he was gasping to breathe
He looked up and said you used to call me augustus,
You used to call me augustus


Chorus 3:
He said it's a metaphor see, love and death are a lot like falling asleep,

It happens oh so slowly and then all at once.