Confidants and Fish Hooks

So here's the deal

I know enough to know I've lost

I've got no flag

And all my confidants are spies

And all the paperwork's been signed

Or so I'm told

And the world has lost its ears

So I'll save my breath

Time was never on my side

And now the clocks behind my eyes

Have all run down

Strike a match

And drop it in the canister

I promise I'll be back

But then again

I stole my words

From the ghost inside my head

He never sleeps

And if I read between the lines

I'll see that nothing's really mine

Or so I'm told

We're in a never-ending dream

Or so it seems

And I hope one day I'll wake to say

That nothing goes away

But I know I won't

Strike a match

And drop it in the canister

I promise I'll be back

But then again

Who's keeping count?

*rewind*

So

For the one who can't sing along

Paint the sky

For a bird that never flies

The rope is being wound while the reaper plays the fiddle

And the kids erase the city line

I always want to thank them

I always want to thank them

The riddles in the clouds say the birds are going south

Till the weather changes face again

I know I'm gonna miss them

I know I'm gonna miss them

I know I'm gonna miss listening to their songs

It's all a dream

To the one who never sleeps

And make a joke

For the one who's going broke

The poster boy cracked

The priest is on his back and your love is on a Sunday train

I doubt you'll ever miss them

You'll probably never miss them

A bird is in the window with a fish hook in his beak

And he can't decide just what went wrong

And you know I'd love to help him

But I'm never gonna get to help him

I can't help, so I'm never gonna hear his songs