Ember Swift - Slipping To My Knees Lyrics
Somewhere between this bench and the tabletop,I am staring down at my fraying jeans.Threads that dangle, strangle instensity and there's an absentee thoughtswirling outside of my brain.If it's anything like an absentee landlord, I am slowly going insaneand the plaster is coming with meBut I can't let myself goBecause "let" is a word reserved for SHITHOLES like this oneCrawl inside me and make your nest.You can live here, I'll take a risk.I'll try my best to understand and to hope that you won'tBREAK MY LEASE.Paint and plaster is crumbling, falling with the market value,peeling surface bare, like flesh in the sun. With you, I feel so exposedBut I guess I am covered, I guess I am insuredI guess I cam covered by these fraying jeans!The paint is falling, the point is slipping, my hems are missingand I am wondering what this all means.But I can't let myself go...I want so much to ask you for some collaterallike the back of your hands, your teeth, your smile.It has bought you time before. It has bought you time before, I can tellAnd now I'm SLIPPING TO MY KNEESI'm SLIPPING TO MY KNEESI'm SLIPPING TO MY KNEESAnd not in a sexual wayNo I am notSlipping down to prayNo I am not
