I took your name I took the key and my side of the bed Break the earth open again Rich and red, full of seed Baring the hands of a betrayal forgotten Pulling the thread from the first time we kiss Through the meat of our tongue And the drop of blood falling From the first bitter word And the thread that returned To I took your name You stole my heart to the white cliffs and grey Elephant seals, Monterey Oak and Bay, silver pups Waking Andreas and tempting the Richter scales Follow the thread from our vows Up the cold stone tower My mother's voice calling for the girl that I was To find her way home What is real? How would I know? He is lifeless He is dead stone He is cypress He is white bone I rose with the waves Fell with the water Sick with thunder Anchorless, tossed and torn Us under the clutch of your hand Pulled me safe to land Where I took your name