Sweetheart

I always get it wrong

Even when I start out right

A vision held so long

Transfigures by desire's own sleight

I stared into your life

It burned a hole through mine

You though I was your prize

A little of me died each time

And when you close your eyes

I lie in the dark

Wide-eyed, dumb in your arms

And while you are asleep

I roam through the dark

Bombed-out wreck of my heart

I'm getting so tired

I always let it fall

Even as I call the signs

So timid in your thrall

I couldn't even meet your eye

But when you fall asleep

I drive though the dark

Deep out into the heart

Of the city I hide

And when I am alone

Belong to myself again

Disavow your claim on my skin

And though I am afraid

I won't let it ride me thin

Never give my life again

Never give my life for him

Wanna pull my life back in