I can’t speak

 

Oh I

 

I can’t breathe

 

When the voices come alive

 

In an August throb of light

 

I watch it die

 

 

Close your eyes, turn out the light

 

Hide beneath the bed at night

 

To be alone with you, to be the one you whisper to

 

I picture terrible things

 

 

Oh I

 

I can’t speak

 

Oh I

 

I can’t breathe

 

When the voices come alive

 

In an August throb of light

 

I watch it die

 

 

I can keep a secret

 

We can lie beneath it

 

Down past the broken trees, in the dark on hands and knees

 

There is a hammock in the moss

 

 

Eye to eye and so close

 

I’m dividing your skull

 

And in a little pool, scoop out love with garden tools

 

You never believe anything

 

 

Oh I

 

I can’t speak

 

Oh I

 

I can’t breathe

 

When the voices come alive

 

In an August throb of light

 

I watch it die

 

 

You killed another one

 

You killed another one, honey

 

You killed another one

 

You killed another one, dawn

 

You killed another one

 

You killed another one, honey

 

You killed another one

 

 

Oh I

 

I can’t speak

 

Oh I

 

I can’t breathe

 

When the voices come alive

 

In an August throb of light

 

 

Oh I

 

(You killed another one)

 

I can’t speak

 

(You killed another one, honey)

 

Oh I

 

(You killed another one)

 

I can’t breathe

 

(You killed another one, dawn)

 

When the voices come alive

 

(You killed another one)

 

In an August throb of light

 

(You killed another one honey)

 

I watch it die