Every Letter (Radio Edit)

The ink on the paper makes me nervous, I nearly lose my vision

And then my breath, and my pulse, and my mind quicken

Head below my knees, I come alive

With every stroke of every letter in every line you write

Keeps me awake, thinking back, oh

My first sight of you was my first heart attack

Every letter makes me lose my reason

Every word is like your kindest touch

And if I told you how much I need you

Would you give me yourself or turn and run?

You light up desire, just by describing it

I read to myself until I go blind

Your words fall around me all through the night

I can't resist and I don't want to fight

Will you be held?

Will you be touched?

By my hand through this paper

Is this all too much?

Will we be ravaged?

Will we be true?

To somebody perfect, somebody like you?

I'm tired of yearning

I'm tired of learning

I need to drink you

My heart has been burning

Ever since I saw you backwards through the glass

Of a thin window pane, like a thin see-through mask

These words are the truth, just let them sink in

Through your thin fingered gloves, to your hand, to your skin

Like ribbons on wrists, let them hold you and twist

Let them touch you all over until you can't resist

Every letter makes me lose my reason

Every word is like your kindest touch

And if I told you how much I need you

Would you give me yourself or turn and run?

Would you give me yourself or turn and run?

You light up desire, just by describing it

I read to myself until I go blind

Your words fall around me all through the night

I can't resist and I don't want to fight

Dim the lights, give me everything I want

Just talk to me like you do in your songs

Your letters are drawings on me from above

I know who you are and I know you are loved