The Leash - Xiu Xiu

Perseus holds the head of Medusa

Oh, what I would give to be her

My hands cannot hold steady

When you reach out to me

Jamie boy, oh, if you could tell

Would you ever be taken as I am?

That I looked to you every night

You did not seem to notice

God had made your sweetheart wrong

Born to suffer, born only to die

A dog will rut its way into harm

When one lets off the leash

To reveal what I once was

Just for once, just for once

In this, she is not unique

To have lied to a lover

If for want of a pure touch

To be common, to be seen as I am

Salute your rage, a hammer

Beat upon me, crumble me as powder

Wipe me off of your uniform

It’s the same blood that you loved

I don’t think that you are a fool

But you cannot deny me as a woman

Oh, ensign, I was your woman