The Cactus

(album: Freshman Year - 2005)

The cactus boy decides he cannot walk
Boy decides to take the train
And sing and swing his arms
Softly watch himself in the window pane
And he says this is necessary
And though she said I should not run again

I just could not live under the same roof as him
And in the desert I deserve some sleep
And I need recourse for the course I am taking

And we just got word from your mother
Who says she's awfully sorry
And she understands
It's just she misses her man

But what's the problem
Yeah he's been burning your blankets all this time
It's for your own good that you learn to be a cold man too

And he could not go home to his mother
Cause she's in love with an animal
Nothing to hold in his arms
They both became mechanical

Only the girl in the airplane he'd read about when he was small could save him
Be the friend he needed all along
And she'd love him, she'd love him, love him

In the desert there's a man with his eyes by his side
But they're severed so the day when he will look into her eyes he'll say
How I have been waving to get your attention all this time
And he will not see a river for another thousand miles
But her lips will be like water when she gives the boy a smile
And says how I have been searching for you man
All the while there ain't no birds out here near the cactus
The place where you are lying

But the raw pink sky is clear as he turns his head
And says is it a jet propeller I hear
And she says boy am I glad to see you
And boy decides to hold her hand with the hands held by the new arms that she had brought

And given him only the girl in the airplane
He'd swore he'd seen when he was small could save him
Be the friend he'd needed all along
And he'd love her, he'd love her

In the desert there's a plant with its arms raising high
And they're never gonna' sever cause she looks into his eyes today to say
I've been waiting all the while

In the desert there's a plant with its arms raising high
And they're never gonna' sever cause she looks into his eyes today to say
I've been waiting all the while

Yeah, she saved him
It was so lovely
She'd saved him
I wish somebody'd up and save me

Yeah, she saved him
It was so lovely
She'd saved him
I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me
I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me
I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me
I wish somebody would save me, save me, save me