She will treat you like a new invention A fascinating kind of status symbol But while you're missing every second In the silent motion sickness Wondering when it stops Sitting in the bathtub watching the water drain She's the new girl moved in next door Her family came out from atlanta But while you're busy avoiding her And the cautious freedom of it Sleeping around the block Walking in the streetlights watching the sprinklers turn on Sitting in the bathtub watching the water drain She's an alchemist but no one knows this Turning sacks of rags into fortune Mmmm you're listening to the house settling When her creeping fingers find you Holding all your breath Hanging in the basement lost in the spiders web Walking in the streetlights watching the sprinklers turn on Sitting in the bathtub watching the water drain