A monster from the river by the back of our home
Clenched around my ankle, teeth digging to the bone
Rising up so quick and clever
Only for my hopes to wither
Woke up in a ring of trees
With a bandolier of lead
Finished off the whiskey
To satisfy my head
What gave shivers to my heart was not the tremor of the earth
But the way the sky was dyed
And how you loved me
And how you loved me as I loved you before my body fled
And I shimmered in and out of my existence
I wait for the night because the stars can not be counted
Drop down the heavy shutters when the sun has me surrounded
Every night is deadly with beasts braying in the dark
Sharks swim the air around but every bullet finds its mark
My severed mind left behind this simmering remorse
Tired zombies flowing out of illuminated halls
It turns out everybody’s swimming in the river
Turns out I am swimming in the river
Turns out I will now become the water
If I was really anything before her
What gave shivers to my heart was not the tremor of the earth
But the way the sky was dyed
And how you loved me
And how you loved me as I loved you before my body fled
And I shimmered in and out of my existence
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