Tusk And Temper - Every Time I Die

Bedeck your gown in bricks

There’s leeches stealing across the stage

Come hell or ocean water

I won’t end up without

Applaud the gall of the black cloud

Groping a drunken teenage vow

As saline drips from her prom dress

Damp hands are dessicated

There’s a wolf at the window of the second floor

Who kidnaps your date with a new car

We both want the same thing

Bad poetry and assaults at the bar

Just try and stop me

We are the only one in the world

Prepare the ballroom

Quicksand in front of the coat check

Waltz with the scarecrow in the spotlight through the rye

I was born a wanted man

I’ll die a sailor’s wife

God help me pick the lock to her room

I have to make this right

Scream the hounds to sleep for me

I’m creeping around your head like a vine

I’m creeping around your head like a vine

Your spit is the meat

Of the rose harvested by the dull

Let fly the doves

Unhook their leather wings from the fog

Put your foot and mouth together

For the sweethearts of Vietnam

Put your foot and mouth together

For the sweethearts of Vietnam

In a photo taken of us

At the reception held at the jail

Loverboy’s breaking up

Just on the right side of me

I’ll stop at nothing

I am the siren that sings you home

Is that clear?

Is that clear?

I’ll stop at nothing

I am the tooth in your jewelry box

Is that clear?

Is that clear?

Let pry the crows

Unhook their crooked beaks from the clock

Bolt the gate and head for the ivory tower

Adoration is cutting the phone lines to your heart

Love is here

I am the snarling and starry-eyed

I am the snarling and starry-eyed

I am the snarling

We both want the same thing

Better aim at the stranger in our yard

Just try to stop me

I am the blinding light of your life

Prepare the body

I’ve been better but thanks for asking

Wait with the scarecrow for the spotlight in the rye

I’ll eat you alive

I’ll eat you alive

The calm will come again

The calm will come again

I’ll eat you alive

I’ll eat you alive

The calm will come again