Going Down

Well heaven knows the way things go

With ticker tape and radios

The good fight was lost long ago

And bravery doesn't live in those

Who're going down

And I'm going down

I had less sense than a harlequin

I changed my clothes and jumped straight in

It was hotter than it should have been

Now with bloody legs and blistered skin

I'm going down

I'm going down

Give me one more heart to break

And I promise I won't make a sound

From sad refrain to sad refrain

I said you'd hear it all again

The lonely call of distant trains

I missed the point but hit the shame going down

And I'm going down

Its been there for the taking

The only journey I'll be making is down

Did you really turn the light off on your way down?

Did you really mark the mirror on your way down?

And ruin comes and ruin stays

And, Jesus Christ, the games it plays

Can't wash the smell off my skin for days

The sex, the blood, the alleyway

Going down

I'm going down

Well I got a little dizzy

Somehow things have turned me around

Well heaven knows the way things go

With ticker tape and radios

The good fight was lost long ago

And bravery doesn't live in those

Who're going down

And I'm going down