From the recording Thy Merciful Teeth
Lyrics
THE VERY FIRST
It all began in fields of death; embracing tongues
Your tragic heart sent violet waves into my dreams
And we fell asleep while on the phone
And you said that you were through with it
And I cried so you threw up the sleeping pills
We cried into each other’s eyes inside of joy
We rained into each other’s mouths our clothes got soaked
And we lay down for the very first
I was scared to bring you into pain
And the mattress held a heart filled out in blood
Then you spent another life
In the arms of my best friends
And the earth collapsed the way it could back then
Then I threw my stupid fist
Through a night of jealousy
And when I awoke your face was shattered glass
I don’t know if I’ll ever feel so sure again
I ate up fire, I punched myself to stay with you
In the Spring the trees explode awake
Sending flakes of white into the air
In my dreams those petals never touch the ground
In my dreams those petals never will come down