I saw you when you left That day was so hot When you skittered off Your voice came through so clear But mine couldn't grasp your ears I saw the bouquet of bruises you gave her Love shaped ones Big and small My mind is alight with the horror of headlamps The stealing breath of sirens Pummel down the tall grass My daddy's dressed in iron If you could speak in tongues of swine could you communicate how you broke me? Sometimes I still catch your voice passing by My nostrils burn when you're in the air Steal my soul but for a moment Inflate your lungs Tolling bell Unfurl your tongue I pack the words away in tiny boxes "Son, don't ever be like me" So I'll trace the veins on my legs Eagerly, with my brittle little fingers While I count the pock marks on the ceiling They watch me as I grow And now I'll lose my sense of feeling And now the numbness takes my brain The devil sings me to sleep at night We both watch you as you go and I'm so scared I'm scared that I'm just like you I'm crushed by the weight of my ilk My whole life I've been throwing stones in this glass house that you've built