Reptile Boy Songtext / Lyric

No one thought you could live this long

They said your mother smoked

On one thinks that you can think

You are so very slow

We all know that you can't talk

But you stared for a while

At a piece from the paper yesterday



See the reptile cross the road

Somewhere in Flordia

Traffic stops the cops get out

In awe of the predator

The thing that chills the blood the most

Is the way it doesn't care






As I watched you watch this scene

I saw your eyes turn to green

And a smile crossed your face

For the first time



I've seen bones that are very old

Older than you or me

Some that walked so long ago

Still walk around today

Though you're young and you'll never talk

I think you understand

The ties that bind, the blood that flows

Still hold us in their sway

And you will never be alone



The salt in your eye is the salt in the sea

The grist in your bones is the dust and the dirt

You scratched your skin but it didn't seem to hurt

You fell asleep to unknown violent dreams

And you will never be alone

You will never be alone