Perish - Holding Absence

It was your palms and your feet, and every single thing between

We were an easy thing to do — I enthused over you

But melancholia… Insomnia… Saudade — They had me

It’s hard to forget I’m looking back on a time, when every beat in your heart

was beating for mine

You had the world at your feet and you kicked it back at me

I had a hole in my heart, and you didn’t have the decency to wait and see

Between the devil and the deep blue sea

Between the angels and infinity

There is a hideaway, a place to be for me

And when I’m better you can set me free

It’s safe to say that you were mine — A songbird to a morning sunrise

And how I miss my spotless mind, I lost it to the twilight

Much like our love, a songbird always flies without regret

And even after everything, we perished when the sun set

You had the world at your feet and you kicked it back at me

I had a hole in my heart, and you didn’t have the decency to wait and see

Between the devil and the deep blue sea

Between the angels and infinity

There is a hideaway, a place to be for me

And when I’m better you can set me free

Every blind spot and every nicety, I learned about your heart…

I watched them perish before me