i need a sure thing

you are a razor blade

you are precision-cut

you are a stare sharp as the tack in my eye?

at rest in my veins

as sharp-edged as questions the time i have left

and so you are on my mind. i need a burning stake

i need a piercing dart

i need something as hot as it is sharp

and i need to bleed

i need to burn

i need a sure thing

i need a sure thing

and you are a mystery to me

you are a paper bird

folded and folded and creased

and bent and shaped from a five dollar bill

it's priceless to me

and never spent

it hangs from a ceiling fan over my bed

and so you are on my mind

i need a burning stake

i need a piercing dart

i need something as hot as it is sharp

and i need to bleed

i need to burn

i need a sure thing

and you are a mystery to me

i'll hang my hopes all at once on a rope

there's a possibility that this is happening to someone who's not me

i'll hold my head

keep it still and pretend

that these spins and the webs

are actually desirable

i need a burning stake

i need a piercing dart

i need something as hot as it is sharp

and i need to bleed i need to burn

i need a sure thing

and you are a mystery to me