She's sliding, she's sliding Down to the dregs of the world She's fighting, she's fighting The urge to make a sad line of poems Heaven can wait, and hell's too far to go Somewhere between what you need and what you know And they're trying to drive that escalator into the ground She's hiding, she's hiding On a battleship of baggage and bones There's thunder, there's lightning And an avalanche of faces you know Heaven can wait, and hell's too far to go Somewhere between what you need and what you know And they're trying to drive that escalator into the ground You left your credentials in a greyhound station With a first aid kit and a flashlight You're going to a desert unknown Heaven can wait, and hell's too far to go Somewhere between what you need and what you know And they're trying to drive that escalator into the ground You left your credentials in a greyhound station