She's thinner now than she's ever been A pin point acid laser beam She's off with a mirror To breathe in half an hour of perfect clarity She paints a scene that could break the law Pushing cat hairs 'round the floor She's under a willow Where the sun makes shadows on the paper rocks she breathes And under the pillow She hides a list of twenty clever things to be She'll cast a spell on anyone who thinks she's there Her phone hides cowering under a magazine She'll rid the house of every little speck of her Her fingers dust for evidence She's cleaning The stain of guilt stays dark forever All the way to heaven seventeen miles wide Dreaming The life of people half forgiven Lifts the magic carpet, sweeps her soul inside See her hide She's not a fan of her history Or what her future tries to be She lives in the middle And tries to stick the time that ticks before or since Her answer's a riddle She won't admit to suffering her father's sins She'll cast a spell on anyone who thinks she loves Her heart lies cowering under a skinny shell She cuts herself from every living photograph Don't think that smile means anything She's cleaning The stain of guilt stays dark forever All the way to heaven seventeen miles wide Dreaming The life of people half forgiven Lifts the magic carpet, sweeps her soul inside And if she wasn't working so hard she might See me cry And if the drugs weren't making her heart beat so fast she might Even fly But she can't Even try Cleaning... Cleaning The stain of guilt stays dark forever All the way to heaven seventeen miles wide She's dreaming The life of people half forgiven Lifts the magic carpet, sweeps her soul inside She's cleaning Everything needs cleaning It's never ending cleaning