Crane Your Neck

I pressed my ear against your back

Not even a week after we met

And I felt your heartbeat fall like raindrops in a bucket

I used to have a pretty nice spine

But I neglected to give it a name

So each time I tried to straighten it, I couldn't get its attention

And I placed my palm upon your collarbone

And I wished to fall asleep deep in your marrow

As gently as a mouse curled up in a ball

As gently as a mouse until tomorrow

We ripped off all our clothes

And this included all our jewelry

And we ran hand in hand back when you brought out the beast in me

The parts that are dormant I wish to set them free

And in the clarity of this night I make myself believe I can sleep easily alone

But there's a hunger under my skin and it's gripping at my bones

There's a hunger like a lion's and it's ripping right through my bones

So I push my limbs all forward like a tree does in a storm

And I walk into my kitchen and I lean against the window

I'm as calm as a baby lamb that is being led

I'm as blue as blood before the blood goes red

And how it hurts even in the sun

It's a goddamn joke how we can hurt even in the sun

For a heart beats the best in a bed beside the one that it loves

Oh, yes a heart beats the best when in a head death becomes irrelevant

'Cause if you're dreaming about dying then you're not really living, darling

You've gotta be starving, you've gotta be starving for it

And if you're crying by the moon in the sun you better lift up that chin

Twist your hips, and crane your neck

Twist your hips, and crane your neck

Twist your hips, and crane your neck

Twist your hips, and bend your body back

You've got to be starving

You've got to be starving for it

You've got to be starving

You've got to be starving for it