Copper Underwater

You wished over my wish
Now the well sits so dry
The stone, and the rope
The bucket and it's eyes
While your sockets nap soundly
Your mouth, you're so coy
I guess we both turned around empty
You hoped that I was more

Your voice is so crisp
A ghost lives in your vertebrae
Last night it kissed my back
Can I tell you what it said?
You wouldn't get it, at first
But I'd let you have more time
To digest every sentence
With the skin of your teeth

I counted all of my gold
And pushed it in a velvet sack
Hoping fabric would dissolve it
And give me everything right back
But instead it turned my fingers
Purple with regret
And inside I was left with
Everything I'll never get

With you, you are greedy
But my gold counts as feelings
The spaces between fingertips
And the outline of your breathing
So let me earn everything back
I'll keep it around my feet
I'll let my love weigh me down
You can let it come back to me
Just let it come back to me.