Loretta

She swears she'll pull the trigger
You call her bluff instead
A fistful of prescriptions

Empty bottles in her bed
The paramedics scramble
Her vital signs arrest
The helplessness you feel when
The ones you love don't love themselves

The weight of the world
Is breaking the girl
I heard every word
That you said

The weight of the world
Is breaking the girl
She's learning to speak with the dead
Speak with the dead

They stabilize the patient
The sirens sound their call
A two week stint, discharged
Just to relapse after all

This dirty dance is ending
The final curtain call
I found you dead inside a
Fucking public bathroom stall

The weight of the world
Is breaking the girl
I heard every word
That you said

The weight of the world
Is breaking the girl
She's learning to speak with the dead
Speak with the dead

Resentments she hides
Deep down inside
Maid of gold

The weight of the world
Is breaking the girl
I heard every word
That you said

The weight of the world
Is breaking the girl
She's learning to speak with the dead
Speak with the dead