Copyright 2009 Ian Marquis, all rights reserved.
He's gone and left you
Says that you can't relate
And open up a little
Stuck against my skin
There's something slippery
Spark, a shudder
Deaf and damp and waiting for a breath
Before I'm in again
And all the murmurs in the world
Are just a whisper in my ear
I'd rather stay right here
I swallow sick
And beg forgiveness
Don't you know I've aching penance knees
At night I bow my head
I know he said
That you don't understand
I hear you whisper in my ear
I'd rather keep you here
Don't want to give you to nobody else
There's something slippery
Spark, a shudder
Burning ears and keenly listening
Like the animal I am
I darkly wait
Against the rhythm
Deaf and damp and waiting for a breath
Before I'm in again
And all the murmurs in the world
Are just a whisper in my ear
I'd rather stay right here
I want to keep you all to myself
Don't want to give you to nobody else
