Sonic Youth - In the Kingdom #19 lyrics

They were

Ah, he did what he had to do
He asked no questions
He had few conversations
The tar glistens in the noon heat
He tread across the grass, up
Onto, and down off of
The concrete abutments mirage on the highway
Ghosts in the tunnel the dark cave
Out into the blinding light of
Day at breakneck speed every bolt rumbling
Glistening highway mirage groans
The slick surface
Careening into first the small mammal
And then screeching along the guard rail
Scraping paint and throwing sparks like
Sheets of pure terror for
400 yards over and over
With one final back and forth
Rocking motion coming to rest wait
The beautiful paint job hopelessly marred
Smoke and flames

Alright so nice
He moved to the small creature
Screeching whistles of steam blowing off
On it's back
Wheels spinning like a cinema classic
The door sags open and a man covered in
Blood drops the three feet or so to
The pavement
The car still rattling and shaking as if with
A mind of it's own Unwilling to die
The man, forty-ish, also after a time
An agonizingly painful period of time
Is also unwilling to die

Suddenly all is quite quiet there in
The sunlight on the highway
But what, what can I do?
I cannot move, everything is about broken
Blood everywhere, mixing with oil and gas
What's moving, must turn my head
Pain, white light, blinded
Some guy there kneeling in the
Blinded mirage of white light
All my strength to 'help'
Screaming now help me please
He tried to tamp out the bit of burning
Ember which had leapt from the wreck
Onto his grimy coat sleeve coughing blood
What's happen?
He's, he's inching towards truth
He strode of into the woods with the animal
It still lived he didn't glance back at all

Still out ghosting the road
Death on the highway
Words crumble around me and fall
With the weight of heaven i cannot move
I'm beneath the great weight i cannot see
My eyes are blinded i am in the darkness
That's it

In panic I forget it in despair I need it
In my mind I save it in death I have it

In panic I forget it in despair I need it
I shouldn't laugh

Never gave a damn about the meterman
I was the man who had to read the meters, man