Destroyer - Your Blues Lyrics

Why does every one of her lovers leave her?
I'm ill-equipped to judge the tale of a woman.
"That inviting army slut!... The Colonel's in a rut!" - back at the base they're saying -
Now each day when he awakes his prayers take the form of one question -

"How is it that we can be both Skating
and Dying?
Lord knows I've been trying..."