teeth

by mary in the junkyard

From the album: This Old House

Duration: 5:04

This Old House cover art

Lyrics for teeth

You sink your teeth in to get straight to my heart Back with the wild things and covered in bite marks And all of the mountains have seen you before Follow your feet then, looking for more But I run while you're sleeping Take off down the street But I'm back when you're teething I'm the one you need You're in there speaking while I'm outside And they let you in, but I never knew why Staring at the ceiling feeling strangely fine Your face when you're sleeping has never looked right But hey, I left you today 'Cause I heard you couldn't take the pain You will always haunt me, you're a beauty Do you feel the same? Bow down to the core of the earth into the flames You sink your teeth in, so we're never apart And you hold on so that nothing will ever be enough This place just smells of your sweat and I don't think I'm ready yet So write your name on my chest and let sleeping dogs die But I run while you're sleeping Take off down the street But I'm back when you're teething I am what you always need I'm all that you need 'Cause I'm what you need I'm what you need This old house with you curled up in the corner And I'm out, always out Trying not to fall off the face of the earth again Not again Never again So get out of my home Where the sleeping dogs die And so do I

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