she'll cry tonight for someone she never knew
he'll be alright now, he just got away from you
people have been talking for years about the way he rarely smiled
the congregation slowly heads across the street
a new church opens, everybody wants a seat

he took a knife to the chest
put your mind to rest

she's tells herself abstractly he's not really gone
her video of him is fourteen seconds long
and when she watches it she feels like he's around
across the street the hymns are beautiful to sing
and everybody knows it doesn't mean a thing

he took a knife to the chest
put your mind to rest

she's never gonna' know he knows but she will
love him anyhow in video and stills
everybody cares, everybody understands
they paint a picture of a needle in the hay
tired man with hours to go just waiting to be taken away

he took a knife to the chest
put your mind to rest

wasn't he the best