My baby knows when I'm depressed She puts her lips against my neck I look into those sunsoaked eyes as she says to me "We are headed for our deaths" Soothsayers swear we're near the end They nail their doctrine through my shins They say "we know the things to which you turn To get warm when those winter months roll in" We are always just a few more days away from the hurt boiling over Those children see when something's wrong They are taught to shout "it won't be long" And if they make it to the point of being free, They'll spend their whole lives moving on When this world becomes too heavy We just pass it on to younger shoulders It's time to go Bunk beds, for my sister that isn't here Deathbed's calling louder every year You said - you don't need to fear the storm I said - that still leaves a lot to fear My baby knows when I'm depressed She puts the blade against my neck She says "there's something in your eyes that looks so empty, Like you've been waiting for our deaths" My father gives me to the ground His lips tremble but make no sound He builds a shrine for me from gemstones that cannot save me, And I will haunt this fucking town I was waiting on the road for you to come along and run me over My baby knows when I'm depressed Those children know when I'm depressed My father knows when I'm depressed My body knows