As You Are

I killed the bugs I called my friends

And used their guts as ink

I long for empty afternoons

Bleeding from the knees

When you would catch my laughter

And eat it as a snack

Those sticks and scars

Unfinished carvings

Still sit on my back

And I will love you as you are

Deep into my grave

And I will keep you as you are

And never let you fade

We burned our names on paper

And sent wishes to the dead

I sliced your palm and wrote you songs

And let you take the bed

The world we made is far away

And full of fruit low-hung

There’s no room for another soul

And no one speaks the tongue

And I will love you as you are

Deep into my grave

And I will keep you as you are

And never let you fade away

All that you do, I want to do

All that you do in a day

All that you do in a day

All that you do in a day

All that you do in a day

And I will love you as you are

Deep into my grave

And I will keep you as you are

And never let you fade away