Watch Me Read You

Watch me read you

The turning pages of an epic dissected hallucinogenic

Black coffee, addict life

End of the lies, cold

On that metal tray, wasting away

I watch him sneer at me from beyond the grave

I hear him call for me

Watch me read you

I get scared when it falls dark

The creeping shadows of my arm

The sneaking scarecrows work their charm

It's circumstantial

The way I blink when you get mad

Feel disarmed when you get sad

But turn to run when we fall back on

Old behaviors

When the flavor turns from sweet to sour

That's the hour that I seek the heavy hearts

And tired of treats with words of hatred

Watch it seep through skin like sap through bark

I cower in the dark to your return

When will I learn?

We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

Breathe in the smoke from others' mouths and lying in the dirt

So make a promise but then later we can just forget

It's hard to let your breath out when you're used to holding in

She'll go (Oh-oh)

Called her through the window (Oh-oh)

It's her (Oh-oh)

Maybe it's her shadow

You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

But when you cry, the light reflects and I see you again

The beautiful colours of the people's faces

And the way they sat on top of those mats

Watch me read you

Like words ripped right off the page

Another ghost, another day

Of melancholy UV rays

And heavy eyelids

You just decided not to care

Compressed your fears and cut your hair

Lifted your shirt to find there's nothing there

Now read me

Red wine, coffee stain, with curly hair and crazy eyes

Impulsive mouth

She loves the rain but not the dark

You feel insane

The overpass is wet with blood

She turns to you to say

"Hey, we can't exist"

And in that moment, it's just bliss

It's like you missed a thousand years

And as you kiss it's like you drift

Between here and there

Between real and fake

As I hold my breath, I can't see your face

Watch me read me

Read you, read them, read us

Everyone's a burning book

On trust and lust and love and what we are and what we're made of

We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

Breathe in the smoke from others' mouths and lying in the dirt

So make a promise but then later we can just forget

It's hard to let your breath out when you're used to holding in

She'll go (Oh-oh)

Called her through the window (Oh-oh)

It's her (Oh-oh)

Maybe it's her shadow

You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

But when you cry, the light reflects and I see you again

So don't just see me

Oh, surround me

It's gettin' harder, babe, to focus on just one thing

It's enigmatic

Truly astounding

The way we stand together but we are still drifting

You were so upset (Oh-oh)

But you consumed me (Oh-oh)

And when the sun goes down, the night, it wraps around me

You try to stand still (Oh-oh)

I can't help moving (Oh-oh)

You're like the moon that draws the tide that pushes through me

We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

Breathe in the smoke from others' mouths and lying in the dirt

So make a promise but then later we can just forget

It's hard to let your breath out when you're used to holding in

She'll go (Oh-oh)

Called her through the window (Oh-oh)

It's her (Oh-oh)

Maybe it's her shadow

You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

But when you cry, the light reflects and I see you again

(Oh-oh) I see you again

(Oh-oh)

I watch you read me

The burning pages of my life

Reduced to ash

And overnight

I find my body is not mine