rising chill travels across us
a familiar sting
but we do not develop any more immunity
the sickness rises
rising chill travels across us
a familiar sting
but we do not develop any more immunity
the sickness rises
a hideaway is perfection
for an illness to ferment
pushing and pulling
a heartbeat or a tide
a hideaway is perfection
for an illness to ferment
pushing and pulling
a heartbeat or a tide
we eats from the inside, the outside burns
we eats from the inside, the outside burns
in our beauty
in our beauty
my virus
tear through the fabric of yesterday
twisting in the guts
sickness spilling forth
my virus
tear through the fabric of yesterday
twisting in the guts
sickness spilling forth
Feverishly reaching never breaching
from our sickness to - it
Feverishly reaching never breaching
from our sickness to - it
for one last breath
savor it
don't let the world pack us deep beneath the snowpack
the sickness rises
a marvelous chiral bloom
for one last breath
savor it
don't let the world pack us deep beneath the snowpack
the sickness rises
a marvelous chiral bloom
why does its eye land on us?
yet i might crisp
and flake off the husk
why does its eye land on us?
yet i might crisp
and flake off the husk
twirling, wrapping around itself
around us
in the crisp air
a warm embrace
glad we took those salsa classes
twirling, wrapping around itself
around us
in the crisp air
a warm embrace
glad we took those salsa classes
tearing its way through the system.
the sickness boils.
tearing its way through the system.
the sickness boils.
thousands of voices raised
crashing against walls raised by cowards
we cry for a fresh pair of eyes
the sickness boils
thousands of voices raised
crashing against walls raised by cowards
we cry for a fresh pair of eyes
the sickness boils
changes the veracity of the sickness
it boils all too readily
over the lips of its holding
the pox sizzling over the ground
changes the veracity of the sickness
it boils all too readily
over the lips of its holding
the pox sizzling over the ground
they wish to follow
they wish to follow
Leftovers will be added to the brew.
Leftovers will be added to the brew.
cradling us in its folds
it boils over
cradling us in its folds
it boils over
the sweet sting of saccharine sweetness
a nectar we all drank together
the sweet sting of saccharine sweetness
a nectar we all drank together
digging in
digging in