In the Craters on the Moon by The Mountain Goats Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If the strain proves too much
Give up right away
If the light hurts your eyes
Stay in your room all day

[Chorus 1]
When the room fills with smoke
Lie down on the floor
In the declining years
Of the long war

[Verse 2]
Well the blood’s in the water
And the shark’s gonna come
And we swim in the dark
Until our bodies are numb

[Chorus 2]
Blind desert rats in the moonlight
Too far from shore
In the declining years
Of the long war
[Verse 3]
Empty room with a lightbulb
Where the phone starts to ring
Everybody gets nervous
Nobody says anything

[Bridge]
The next day someone’s initials
Show up on the door
I think I’m gonna crack
Can’t live like this anymore

[Chorus 3]
Ugly things in the darkness
Worse things in store
In the declining years
Of the long war