Page type: lyric reference
Artist: David Byrne
Canonical path: /david-byrne/cissus
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Cissus
Read Cissus lyrics by David Byrne on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Cissus
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Cissus, you keeper of the shadows
Scaling my stone, Terrace Aswarm
In summer
Cissus, you tremble at my window
Winding upward, wind threw your limbs
Asunder
Even blooms that blinked now are open
Vines on my fence are now over and out
Cissus
She will curl to me when I'm folded
Cissus
She will drag the book from my hands
Even blooms that blinked now are open
Vines on my fence are now over and out
Cissus, victorian and thethered
Circle my spire, zenith your heights
Oh lover
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David Byrne performs "Cissus", and this lyric page sits inside the David Byrne catalog on LyroVerse.
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