"The Gates Of Malpasso" lyrics

You want it all
You drink your whiskey nice and tall
You like to question while you fall
You put your money on it all

You couldn't organize your mind
Now your thoughts race all the time
You're busy chasing them like flies, and you can't stop them
I know it eats you up inside
Just like a needle in your spine
You can't refrain from telling lies from time to time

And you can call me up to talk
But you stay silent through it all
But I can see that you're still waiting at the gates
At the gates of Malpasso

I think about it daily as the world just makes me crazy
By the lighthouse where you stand, by the voices of your worry
And the cold feet that you got will leave you paralyzed standing
As you question what you've gained
And what you are and what you're not

So you might come down here to see it
Like the roots—they're underneath it
And the ones that go the deepest
Hold the truths and all the secrets to your heart

Now you got what you wanted
But you got all that was left
Yeah, I guess it must be timing
Yeah, I guess it's just a test

When you walk outside the door
You see those people talking left and right
And you were looking everywhere, you tried every door and key
Was it everything you wanted? Was it everything you need?
When it ain't enough for you, you got another plan to seed

You were born to fight against it
Now the needle's in your spine
As you plant another seed outside the gates
At the gates of Malpasso

By the gates of Malpasso

Yeah, I meet you by the gates