there's a bucket in the corner
where all my love is stored
drawn down blinds
reveal the times
i screamed
and cut the cord

harmonica tears
metal burns
when you're near

cold and calculating
the tide goes out
the audience recedes
to leave their seats
facing away

by the time
the bucket
boils over
you're caught
caught in a wave

it's me
standing
shivering
on
the stage

your mother called last night
saying
"sweetie, please come home"

"the walls are caving in
but the corners,
they've only grown"

call your friend
don't talk to me
keep it quiet
it's so loud
so loud
honey, keep it down
baby, shut your mouth
in here it's so so loud
and i'm trying
so hard
to sleep

dollface aren't you drowning
cutiepie cut your shouting
i can't
get no
no peace

nurse says im gonna flatline
heart humming to the bell chimes
can't see the vertices
and i ain't
ain't got no time

empty room swimming sideways

harmonica waterlogged in
chords collapsing on a tailfin
won't even
can't even
blow it a kiss
and even if it could reach
even if i could speak
would i ever
ever be missed