Lyrics
When you look at me
When someone gazes at the speaker
You're all I see
The speaker perceives only the observer
Spelled out in fluent modern English
Expressed clearly in modern language
Will our exit wounds be clean?
Questioning if the emotional scars will be neat
Nothing too obscene
Avoiding anything excessively offensive
With two burned out voices left to sing with
Two exhausted voices remain for harmony
I know you want to be
Awareness that the person desires to embody contrasting elements
The fire and the sea
To be both destructive (fire) and calming (sea)
The cure that's poisoning the body
A remedy that may also be detrimental
So when you get warm
When warmed, undergoing a transformation like glass
And like glass transform
Physically and metaphorically rising above others
You'll tower over everybody
[Empty Line]
The stillness and the storm
The calmness is lifeless, while the turmoil is alive
The stillness is stillborn
It's the tumult that stirs hunger or desire
It's only the storm that makes you hungry
The tumult persists until love is recognized
But the storm won't budge
The turmoil refuses to yield
Until you know it's love
Only when love is acknowledged
And you can't explain what makes it funny
The inexplicable nature of what evokes laughter in love
Hey, ladies
A plea to be loved differently than by the speaker's mother
Won't you love me like my mother never did?
[Empty Line]
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