effigy of salt

what a way

what a way to go

what a fine and inexplicable way of going

this

what an uncanny visitation

taking me into the depths

and leaving me stranded

what a way

what a way to go

what a peculiar and exquisite way of going

this

i've been ready i've been willing all along and all the way down i go

and you will never know

just how far down i let you

and it's all the way i go

just to look at you

one last look is all i take before i have to go

just to look at you

like an effigy of salt

i'm swept away i sparkle forth

in diamond rays i fall forever

just to look at you

and it's down

down

down i go

i hate the things i know

i wish i could retrace my steps before i went down to the sea

where i crept along the depths and prodded underneath

all along and far too deep

at every creature

every foundling

every horrid gaping mouth

just to look at you

one last look is all i take before i have to go

just to look at you

when the lexicon is emptied out

of every thought and every breath

there is no language left

but just to look at you

and it's down

down

down i go

my beloved

my curse

how you've ripped me open and you've heaped upon my hurt

and the many things that you have required of me

how they frighten and inspire me

the arch of your brow

and the way everything is laid out

just to look at you

one last look is all i take before i have to go

just to look at you

the honey of your skin

the heart shape of your mouth

oh

there i go again

i'll leave it out

just let me look at you

and it's down

down

down i go

down

down

down i go

down

down

down i go

down

down

down i go

down

down

down i go

down

down

down i go

down

down

down i go

down

down

down i go.