Nobody -

She woke me up at dawn

Soft-spoken as a spider

Spinning webs of holy words while she was still asleep

Kill the moon beneath my window

Pull the covers tighter

And hear her voice go swinging like a hatchet through the trees

There’s a shadow at the back door

Something’s moving in the shade

She lights cigarettes like lanterns

For the darkness in my head

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me

Nobody ever loved me

Like she tells me she does

Tender as a bruise

Sharper than a razor

Wraps her tentacles around me

Like she’ll never let me go

Fury shakes the rafters, but never in my favor

I’m trembling in the eye of the only storm I’ve ever known

The keys are in the back door

Something’s wailing in my chest

It eclipses every siren

Any sins that she’s confessed

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me

Nobody ever loved me

So she tells me

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me

Nobody ever loved me

Like she tells me she does

I should be counting blessings

Something is better than nothing

Isn’t it, isn’t it, isn’t it

It’s close enough to perfect

What does it hurt, a little bit?

A little bit

A little bit

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me

Nobody ever loved me

Like she loves me

Nobody ever loved me, ever loved me

Nobody ever loved me

Like she tells me she does