Purgatory Line

(album: Brighter Than Creation's Dark - 2008)

This ain't exactly hell.
It sure as hell ain't heaven.
I love you like the dickens and I miss you like the Devil.
I guess I'll do my time waiting in this purgatory line.
Angels here are wearing fancy new perfume,
And all the bread's unleavened.
Well I guess it'll have to do till I find you.
I don't know what I'm doing here or why
I'm waiting in this purgatory line.

I ain't exactly up.
I ain't gone too far down.
I'm looking for some answers and there ain't no one around.
I guess I'll lose my mind waiting in this purgatory line.
If Jesus walked on water then where'd he get them shoes?
It just keeps getting harder to lose these walking blues.
I want you to come and take me home for a while.
Save me from this purgatory line.

Sometimes I can laugh.
Other times I cry.
It ain't exactly funny. My feet are both on fire.
I guess they'll just burn for a while waiting in this purgatory line.
Loving you is so easy, but waiting here just ain't.
I know I can be patient, but please don't hesitate to cross my mind.
That's all I've got for a while.
Waiting in this purgatory line.