Skin

by Marika Hackman

From the album: We Slept at Last

Track 5 of 12 on We Slept at Last (2015).

Duration: 3:18

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Lyrics for Skin

I'm jealous of your neck That narrow porcelain plinth of flesh It gets to hold your head And I'd rather perform the task instead I'll use my hands You told me of your heart The cold tile cavern bathed in dark And earthy roots hanging from within To shed some light, the fire must get in A searing pulse I'm a fever in your chest The burning sun, I'm west I, I am too naive (you, you are too naive) My lunar strands were lit in red and green (your lunar strands were lit in red and green) A captivating scene A portion of myself was lost to me (a portion of yourself was lost to you) But I'm not dead Just a harbour no one's in An empty salt-filled skin

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More from We Slept at Last

  1. Drown
  2. Before I Sleep
  3. Ophelia
  4. Open Wide
  5. Skin
  6. Claude's Girl
  7. Animal Fear
  8. In Words
  9. Monday Afternoon
  10. Undone, Undress
  11. Next Year
  12. Let Me In