Ron Pope - The Best Kind of Hunger lyrics

Cause you might have guessed I've been some horrible places And I've known a few girls with love on their faces And heat on their tongues They bite like a serpent And leave a hole in my body when their teeth break the surface Yeah But you've got this power to make me forget So much better than trying Or drinking myself to d**h With a heart like a lion that's been shot through the chest At close range by a hunter who wanted his skin But discovered up-close he was covered with mange So he left him their dead But the vultures remained And we'd be watching the sunrise Bigger than the cliché Now you're twirling your ribbons in these delicate ways That I've never seen And I'm under your covers And I'm breathing your air This is the best kind of hunger But you've got this power to make me forget So much better than trying Or drinking myself to d**h With a heart like a lion that's been shot through the chest At close range by a hunter who wanted his skin But discovered up-close he was covered with mange So he left him their dead But the vultures remained