perish

it was your palms and your feet

and every single thing between

we were an easy thing to do - i enthused over you

but melancholia. insomnia. saudade - they had me

it's hard to forget i'm looking back on a time

when every beat in your heart was beating for mine

you had the world at your feet and you kicked it back at me

i had a hole in my heart

and you didn't have the decency to wait and see

between the devil and the deep blue sea

between the angels and infinity

there is a hideaway

a place to be for me

and when i'm better you can set me free

it's safe to say that you were mine - a songbird to a morning sunrise

how i miss my spotless mind

i lost it to the twilight

much like our love

a songbird always flies without regret

and even after everything

we perished when the sun set

you had the world at your feet and you kicked it back at me

i had a hole in my heart

and you didn't have the decency to wait and see

between the devil and the deep blue sea

between the angels and infinity

there is a hideaway

a place to be for me

and when i'm better you can set me free

every blind spot

and every nicety

i learned about your heart. i watched them perish before me