There's a pearl you keep
Inside your mouth
I only wish that
You could let it out
It would slide off your tongue
The way my words could
If that pearl came out
The way they wish I would
I need, I need, I need to spill you out
You can't, you can't, you cannot put me down
You don't, you don't, you don't hear how you sound
So don't, please don't, please do not turn me (inside) out
There's an air you keep
Inside your skin
I only wish that
You would let me in
And words hover there
Like the company you keep
But you would always
Return to me
I need, I need, I need to spill you out
You can't, you can't, you cannot put me down
You don't, you don't, you don't hear how you sound
So don't, please don't, please do not turn me (inside) out
I've seen, I've seen, I've seen just what you are
And you could, you could, you could not drop me now
I'm sure, I'm sure, I'm sure you'd keep it out
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd speak it now
I need, I need, I need to spill you out
You can't, you can't, you cannot put me down
You don't, you don't, you don't hear how you sound
So don't, please don't, please do not turn me (inside) out
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Lieutenant
I could paint one thousand bodies
Drench their milky skin with greens and blues
I could keep your curves forever
While they pull apart just us two
I could ask you always
But you never swore you'd keep it true
I could build up bricks for hours
To make myself a bit more like you
You asked it, so I spoke it
With every set of lips that could've wrote it
And every question's only broken
As I feel every vowel decomposing
You could look at me backwards
And you'd remain as cunning as before
You could repeat anything you've done
Each time I'd like it even more
My lips are scared to disconnect
But you like to hold me at unsure
And I'm tired of this waiting room
Though I kiss the corners of every door
You asked it, so I spoke it
With every set of lips that could've wrote it
And every question's only broken
As I feel every vowel decomposing
You leave ghosts inside my throat
And they're tired of trying to come out
The bones inside of every joint
Are waiting to come out
Don't let me search forever,
Keep your keys at arms reach
My crystal ball just ain't no good
The same way I never could be.
Drench their milky skin with greens and blues
I could keep your curves forever
While they pull apart just us two
I could ask you always
But you never swore you'd keep it true
I could build up bricks for hours
To make myself a bit more like you
You asked it, so I spoke it
With every set of lips that could've wrote it
And every question's only broken
As I feel every vowel decomposing
You could look at me backwards
And you'd remain as cunning as before
You could repeat anything you've done
Each time I'd like it even more
My lips are scared to disconnect
But you like to hold me at unsure
And I'm tired of this waiting room
Though I kiss the corners of every door
You asked it, so I spoke it
With every set of lips that could've wrote it
And every question's only broken
As I feel every vowel decomposing
You leave ghosts inside my throat
And they're tired of trying to come out
The bones inside of every joint
Are waiting to come out
Don't let me search forever,
Keep your keys at arms reach
My crystal ball just ain't no good
The same way I never could be.
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