Partners in Death
I taste your sweet morning breath
On the cigarettes we share
Downing smoke like it isn't cancer
You cannot answer to me when I say it is death
Down it goes, rotting us from the inside out
And I watch as our lungs turn black.
Is it selfish to say I want you like this?
Just the way you are, on the verge of collapse
I don't care as long as you're here
And you haven't showered in a month
For fear of being naked.
But you strip down for me
And I touch your body
Aching for a quickened arch of the back
And a final moan as our bodies give in
And give out.
We are partners in death.
On the cigarettes we share
Downing smoke like it isn't cancer
You cannot answer to me when I say it is death
Down it goes, rotting us from the inside out
And I watch as our lungs turn black.
Is it selfish to say I want you like this?
Just the way you are, on the verge of collapse
I don't care as long as you're here
And you haven't showered in a month
For fear of being naked.
But you strip down for me
And I touch your body
Aching for a quickened arch of the back
And a final moan as our bodies give in
And give out.
We are partners in death.