Down

歌詞

Tie a balloon onto a fingertip Weights to willing ankles Soft as a lullaby Or pillows held over sleeping faces Oh, make it better with a kiss And betrayal into bliss My faithless one I am a line drawn through these arabesques With tender precision Pick at the blandest, most indifferent thread And I'll unravel Out into nameless colours Until I am just another Fading silhouette Hold on, hold on Life is a place we arrive at upside down Hold on, hold on When life is a place we arrive at upside down Ground to a powder I am measured out Just one part per million Now every page I turn Is pressure against a trigger finger How can a soul end up so thin Is it there when the beginning Is the end And we hold on When life is a place we arrive at upside down Can we hold on When life is a place we arrive at upside down I am not a map of mercy To fold away when everything's alright Or a plot to build a shelter For cradling your dying firelight I'm the wind whispering mutiny I'm driest earth that hisses at the rain Show me a map of mercy Mark where the shame is waiting Here with my shoulders shaking I already know