Carve a Pattern

You carve a perfect rose in the door

With hands so soft, with lips so warm

The petals cover me so beautifully

And the flower will fall

Upon the birdy sheet and you growl

Say, "Are we close? How close are we now?"

But first we double up with a coffee cup

And the sheets will buckle

You carve a perfect bird in the wall

With hands so soft, with lips so warm

The bird will sing for me so beautifully

And the notes will fall

Upon the bed we make, so you growl

Say, "Are we close? How close are we now?"

And then you come for me so beautifully

But the knife will buckle

You shouldn't be kissing with your eyes closed

You shouldn't be standing where the light shows

I try to tell you but the words are lost in a morning crush

You carve a perfect rose in the door

And I don't care how lucky we are

'Cause you still come to me so beautifully

I lock the heart with a birthday card

And then swallow the key

Pretend to drown and I'll pretend to breathe

With blood and tissue I will miss you

But don't follow me in

Pretend to drown and I'll pretend to swim

I carve the patterns with my hands

But you don't see them

It's hard to laugh and it's hard to cry

But it's harder still to die

To swallow the surf and the tide

To face a lonelier mile

I lock the heart with a birthday card

And then swallow the key

Pretend to drown and I'll pretend to breathe

With blood and tissue I will miss you

But don't follow me in

Pretend to drown and I'll pretend to swim