Compersion, Pt. 1

By Arab Strap

On As Days Get Dark

Released on November 24, 2020

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[Verse 1]

I have only one friend

She sings the same song as me

Down in the dumps, she likes it dark

I like her hand on my knee


[Verse 2]

I have only one confidant

She is the silence of night

My taciturn temptress

She's never up for a fight


[Chorus 1]

I have seen all the ways your shrinking body works

The successes and the failures, all its kinks and quirks

I've smelled its every scent, I've heard its every sound

Now open up your heart if there's enough to go around


[Verse 3]

My Pollyanna loves poetry, she thinks my heaven is hell

I come on strong with a limerick, she knocks me back with a villanelle

She has only one confidant, a psychosexual shrink

I think she's wasting her money, I think we just need a drink


[Chorus 2]

You have seen all the ways my growing body works

The successes and the failures, all its kinks and quirks

You know its every whim, you know its weakness well

Now let's try some fluid bonding, in a lost hotel


[Bridge]

And when we looked for a unicorn, we found a bride and a blushing groom

We took them out for a cocktail, they took us back to their room

But I confess I now regard, exclusion jealousy one

I had a wibble I haven't worn, while they just had some fun


[Outro]

We have seen all the ways our earthly bodies work

Their successes and their failures, every kink and quirk

We know hard they ache, we understand their needs

But their dyad is dividing now, as vintage vows recede