In the salt of the blinding rain
Let it leave its trace in the pepper grace
In nothing more or less than love
From the salt of the blinding rain
Are you in or out or gone or come or gone again
Don't you think I want to feel the same rain
Don't you think I want to run too
Tell me again we are safe from ruin
Tell me again we are safe from harm
Tell me again we can lift the fingerprints of man
From the blueprints of God
That we're the salt in the brine
The bitter fruit that kills the bug
And maybe it looks to some
But faded has always been my favorite color anyway
So come on, you dumb runaway
It's better to fade away than die young
And you're this girl's most needed thing
Tell me again we are safe from ruin
Tell me again we are safe from harm
Tell me again we can wipe the fingerprints of man
Off the blueprints of God
That we're the bark in the dark
That keeps the creeps away
That we're the bitter fruit that kills the bug
That we're the salt in the brine
That we're the last ones up