Lyrics

[Verse] All I want is to hold a little piece Of history between my teeth It's cold and hard, like mother's grief I risked it all just to feel my burning skin The water's cool and closing in The dark pool's black and eddying [Chorus] And the cloven tongue of fear Licks softly at your ear at night And the only risk you take Is that all of your mistakes survive [Verse] All this time as I try to understand I realise what I believe has moved again And what are we if not bones and blood and teeth We're memories in perfect films of who we've been [Chorus] And the cloven tongue of fear Licks softly at your ear at night And the only risk you take Is that all of your mistakes survive [Outro] All I want is to hold a little piece Of history between my teeth It's cold and hard, like mother's grief I risked it all just to feel my burning skin The water's cool and closing in The dark pool's black and eddying And what are we, if not bones and blood and teeth We're memories, in perfect films of who we've been And we could try and we could fall And we could die and we will crawl