Another light has gone out again.
Is it an airport terminal or a hospital bed?
My throat dries and swells with each unanswered ring.
Did you find a new lover?
Did God take you from me?
An unlucky head, self deceptive and alone.
What I wouldn't give for you to pick up your phone.
Is that your machine, or just the voice in my brain?
Should I apologize now for everything that I'll say?
Silky hair, long legs, and porcelain.
Trace my fingers over skin stretched too thin.
Don't talk to me like we're in love,
And forget my name the moment we're done.
Press your lips to the back of my ear,
I haven't been myself in years.
Just touch the scales on the back of my hands.
The bags under my eyes are filled with sand.
Plow the top soil, leave my body sore.
I claw at my skin because I miss yours.
Carve my words into your finger tips,
And try to sink your teeth into my bottom lip.
Pry your fingers from around my neck.
Brave my excuses, "You're a fucking mess".
Bruise my body and shake my throat.
You're an absent minded Holy Ghost.
credits
from Peacemaker,
released March 6, 2014
Recorded and Mastered at Pig Pen Studios by Kenny Gil
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