I keep
Names and emotions in my teeth
When I can't take
The blistering heat
On my tongue
Often it seems they never cool
Often, it seems, they never do
But I must stop starving myself
For fear of indigestion
So let my stomach shrink
To embrace the week
Naturally
Your words could make my ears bleed
Under these sheets
Like a shotgun in a tunnel
I have known since
Before the kiss
That I could say
Such beautiful things with your lips
Let's taste the words we weren't allowed before
Let's sing the ones that we can't speak
So those with the voices of angels
Have ended up singing like canaries
They think they can pull a Cain
Just 'cause they're able
But we'll not forget the skin
That we are wearing
Let's taste the words we weren't allowed before
Let's sing the ones that we can't speak
No more will I let my stomach shrink
Singing 'we shall overcome someday'
We shall overcome someday
We shall overcome someday
Singing 'we shall overcome someday'
We shall overcome someday
We shall overcome someday