Birds don't sing, they crush my skull And I am worthless And the heights of what I stand up to Are not in you And I can't get no words With no feelings
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First born, grace begins More bones, more skin Veins surround me like a nest Tie me in, first caress Home A womb to grow human in A world to grow human
Shaking like a leaf Afraid to lift my eyes Afraid of all Your glory Ashamed of all my pride Then You call me in To Your holy place I fall down Down on
Well I'm watchin' Geraldo on TV And I'm thinkin' about you and me, about you and me But you talk too much, you say too little You think too hard, you
You always say That I get it too late Or not at all So then it shouldn't seem so strange That I would sing you a love song now Because I feel like I'm
Well the sun won't ever shine Not like it used to do And there will be moonlight in the sky Won't mean a thing to you Friends and relations say you've
We met in Montreal far from the crowd Moving in circles running with so little time We sat and we talked about rumors and lies Stayed till the sun hit
I sing this song For the frogs In my head Cause they're always there Singing Singing
I've got my reasons for holding back Can't give my trust too fast I've pulled myself out of the wreck Too many times To think that words can last
They broke off the locks and they opened the doors Pushed out the windows and painted the floors Raised up the roof 'till it touched the sky Grew a little
Well I love these nervous breakdowns And I love these new skins And I love that you were brave enough To sleep with all my friends And I love these
Wouldn't it be just like me To come undone Get mad and lose my head Leave with the bitter taste Of poison on my tongue From the things I said Things I
Did they ever pay the ransom On Brother Andre's heart I once saw it bleed on his feast day The blood ran cold and grey From the purple satin altar To
Well I've been out walking Talking to moon and tree And the tall spring grass Like waves on a dark green sea So much of what we are We will always be
You've got troubles on your mind Keeps you away from me There's no sense in denying And I've cursed myself for the longest time And now I find I just
What's so obvious now Was just as obvious then What the whole world already knew I was the last to admit I guess I'm a fool But I just can't stand
How many times have you opened up this skull with your delicate stone And laughed while my blood splashes down to the ground She drinks me up like a
