Those lips are a moral dilemma
And agony is so close to a full-body finish


I think I’ll stay deaf and blind a while longer,
Let the city burn

The house is locked and doused,
Give me one more breath to light it
Then you can take me in a grey-blue storm
I’ve been ready to go

I couldn’t save the lawn or tiles
Rotting loudly
Cracking like fingers in a fight
I think if I had just one night
I’d give it to you quickly

Gray can only hide so long in the black
When I wake too early I can see your eyes in the dark blue
Sometimes you burn so much trail, you can’t find your way back
I hope I lose all the details when I think about you
If there’s a color between deep orange and light red
I’ve felt it each time I try to sleep
If there’s something sweeter than eternal rest
You’ve felt it every time you’ve laid your skin on me

Brooklyn has given me
Many redeeming qualities
Or memories,
To tie to the headboard and fight over nightly
I’ll try anything twice
So long as the truth is a stop on the way to playing nice
And theres a long time
Between her red hair
And green eyes
That you could use to figure out the right
Things to say to me
So we both can finally get some sleep

I am so disoriented and malnourished from you torturing me in this cell
I almost thought I’d see you behind my locked front door,
Sitting and waiting for me on the couch
When you don’t have a key and nobody’s been home all day

Four tears like chandeliers
Dripping diamonds and light
The freckles bounce in between and laugh
You’re too pretty for eyesight and yet not loud enough
And I know it’s hard to be strong,
It’s a million miles until the next drop off,
Crack enough skulls and you’ll find a brain in one
Wring out enough bodies
You’ll get a scream from some

If we met today
You’d find all innocence or none
Nobody could begin to fill your space
Except a thousand men at once
You’d cut my leather if I wore it,
And stretch out the lace in strands of pearl
I knew well the skin I’ve fought in,
Until I wore it in your world