It's a long way up to the rotary hotel But that's where all of our dreams fell Through the torn curtains I saw that nothing is for certain As I walked down to that sweet brown lake I saw that all of our mistakes lied In the surface about to break And all these rows of afternoon shadows Melt with morning bright arrows The rows of afternoon shadows Melt with morning bright arrows And I lost the fight with the battle So won't you come to help me this time Out by the shipwrecked academy I had the sense kicked out of me And I lost all of my feelings Maybe that's where all of our dealings went sour Right on the hour, the traffic slowed and magically golden Horns hit the window as you walked out It's a long way up to the rotary hotel But that's where all of our dreams fell Through the torn curtains I saw that nothing is for certain As all these rows of afternoon shadows Melt with morning bright arrows The rows of afternoon shadows Melt with morning bright arrows And I lost the fight with the battle And everything was unraveled Oh I lost the fight with the battle So won't you come and help me this time Oh it's a long way up (x3) Oh I was checking out of this lonely room When I got started watching something on the tube Now I'm still lying here