Pennyroyal Tea

You’re a castaway lost at sea, temporarily

I was never home to you, you were home to me

Before we lost our way,

I’m sure you said something like “love is blind”

So blinded if you pull the shades,

Conveniently, there’s nothing to find

Stay with me, stay with me a while

Before you go, hold me like your child

I wanna hate you, I wanna scream

You let me love you so tenderly

But nothing does survive in me

So sit back, and watch me bleed

And pour me, pennyroyal tea

Mmmm, Mmmm

You’re a constant northern star, toss my map aside

Guide me into deeper waters

You were just a satellite

So send me back to sea,

I’m not a mother anchored to the land

I thought I saw a face like yours

It was water in my hands

What have you done to our sweetest end?

What we had before we could have again

For now I hate you, it’s the worst

Said it won’t be long till it don’t hurt

But ya coulda called to check on me

From this world, you untethered me

Even worse than for you to leave

Is when you

Poured me, pennyroyal tea

Mmmm, Mmmm

Mmmm, Mmmm

Stay with me, stay with me a while

Before you go, hold me like your child