"In The Craters On The Moon" lyrics - THE MOUNTAIN GOATS

If the strain proves too much
Give up right away
If the light hurts your eyes
Stay in your room all day

[Chorus 1:]
When the room fills with smoke
Lie down on the floor
In the declining years
Of the long war

Well the blood's in the water
And the shark's gonna come
And we swim in the dark
Until our bodies are numb

[Chorus 2:]
Blind desert rats in the moonlight
Too far from shore
In the declining years
Of the long war

Empty room with a lightbulb
Where the phone starts to ring
Everybody gets nervous
Nobody says anything

[Bridge:]
The next day someone's initials
Show up on the door
I think I'm gonna crack
Can't live like this anymore

[Chorus 3:]
Ugly things in the darkness
Worse things in store
In the declining years
Of the long war