Ember Swift Slipping To My Knees Lyrics

Slipping To My Knees Lyrics

Somewhere between this bench and the tabletop,

I am staring down at my
fraying jeans.

Threads that dangle, strangle instensity and there's an
absentee thought

swirling outside of my brain.

If it's anything
like an absentee landlord, I am slowly going insane

and the plaster is
coming with me



But I can't let myself go 

Because "let" is a
word reserved for SHITHOLES like this one

Crawl inside me and make your
nest.

You can live here, I'll take a risk.

I'll try my best to
understand and to hope that you won't

BREAK MY LEASE.



Paint
and plaster is crumbling, falling with the market value,

peeling surface
bare, like flesh in the sun. With you, I feel so exposed

But I guess I am
covered, I guess I am insured

I guess I cam covered by these fraying
jeans!

The paint is falling, the point is slipping, my hems are missing


and I am wondering what this all means.



But I can't let
myself go...



I want so much to ask you for some collateral

like the back of your hands, your teeth, your smile.

It has bought you
time before. It has bought you time before, I can tell

And now I'm
SLIPPING TO MY KNEES

I'm SLIPPING TO MY KNEES

I'm SLIPPING TO MY
KNEES

And not in a sexual way

No I am not 

Slipping down to
pray

No I am not