The butcher and the butterfly

Childproof to the letter You know the truth, you know better The girl on the pavement, she's spinning Don't be long, come and get her I need a drink, so just forget her Time just slips through my...

My baby talks in his sleep I said, "Wake him up" My baby talks in his sleep I said, "Wake him up" She's out on good behaviour Even Daddy's love won't save her I said my prayers as...

I arch my back to touch the stars As they fall from my hand For tomorrow the sun will rise again A pearl, a grain of sand I let the clothes slip from my bones I step into the stream For tomorrow the...

I wreck your bed, the colour is honey A pretty mile, your fingerprints marking my wall In red, it's red, in red I take a light plex, put it around your neck I turn it on, a choking blue fire in your...

Black spring rising, I fall Black spring rising, I fall By the way, a black rainbow whispering my name By the way, I burned your books and I'm on a plane I've got to get out, abort on the rent I've...

On my back I lay it down for plenty These bones to crack I'll scream till it's empty I learn how to dance with the dog She's clandestine I'll spit for a foothold These nails are mine I'll bleed till I...

Soul, catch fire Said, I'm alive I dress in red For these vows I've forsaken Better off dead Cried alive, awaken Soul, catch fire Soul, catch fire Said, I'm alive I push back the table They put it...

Hang it up, sailor, your flagship, it burns And it burns and it burns And you took the straight road, you just missed the turn You're out of gas, out of gas Put on the red shoes, a white-knuckle ride...

Do or die? That is my question A little seed burning in me It's hot, I must get water Racing towards the sun Do or die, break or burn I've still got so much to learn My breath is tearing with the...

Birdnest hair, so slips the dream A paper boat in heavy seas Into thin air, lost upon on the tidal stream Another year, but I don't care Birdnest hair, her resolve, her retribution Sticks and stones,...