Selfishly I Sink - Counterparts

Bred to feel an unfamiliar touch

Lust begins and ends with both of us

Keep me close, drag me down

In the wake of shallow waves you leave

Fill the void like fingers in my mouth

Spread slowly like a plague I’ve invited into me

Emotions cast like stones skipped across empty lakes

And selfishly I sink

Cure your rust from within

No desire lives past dawn

Nocturnal by default

Speak softly

Drive a nail through both of my lips if you must

We whisper as a metaphor for trust

Absence of affection

Not worth the cancer I have caused

Sever the ties to keep from stringing this along

Keep me close

Suspended just out of arms reach

No vacant pair of wings were ever fit to hold me

Keep me close

In the wake of shallow waves you leave

The water left me filthy

But somehow you’re completely clean

Cure your rust from within

No desire lives past dawn

Nocturnal by default

Speak softly

Drive a nail through both of my lips if you must

We whisper as a metaphor for trust

Selfishly I sink

No vacant pair of wings were ever fit to hold me

Drag me down

Selfishly I sink