Cover me in mud and leaves I wont be the one to fail you Im a thousand gargoyles standing by your window To be sure there aint no cure There could be no one to save you When the bad boys come to do you in again So when they tell you things that you dont want to know Or take you back to places you dont want to go Youve got to bury that knife Keep your face in the light Because the one thing they cannot do Is take from you what you keep in mud and leaves And if you walk--walk away save yourself youve got something to lose And if you give--give away you can bet they will take it from you Youre not the same as the day that you came You can choose dignity or shame Youve got to bury your bones where you want in the ground Where they will not be found by the leeches youre keeping alive Theres a man in your hand Hes got nothing good to sell you And hes smashing a violin against your bed To be sure there aint no cure He comes creeping back to beg you And a thousand gargoyles crash into his head And when the feeling comes youve been here once before That wicked feeling you dont want to feel no more Youve got to bury that knife That you keep stuck in your side Before they dig that knife into you And break into what you keep out of their reach And if you walk--walk away save yourself youve got nothing to prove And if you give what they take you can bet they will take it from you Youre not the same as the day that you came You can choose dignity or shame Youve got to carry your heart like a torch in the night Little keeper of light burning deep burning bright in the dark