[Verse 1]

Skin barely, but it's taut and carried

Through starless sky to blackest ground

Changing states in a seamless gradient

Hearing in the way I speak to you how far I went

To be alone here, and still, pressing hands

Nothing left to reach with, yet it's closeness

Like seeing an old friend when he

[Chorus]

Holds me with eyes that sing

I am not the man for him

Holds me with eyes that sing

I am not the man for him

[Verse 2]

I collect the dew falling from his chest

I collect all the thorns wrapped around his quietness

I wish he would remove the blade from my neck

I know he waits for me to do it myself when he

[Chorus]

Holds me with eyes that sing

I am not the man for him

Holds me with eyes that sing

I am not the man for him

[Bridge]

And there has never been a sharper object

Than the dawn when it's unraveling over my skin

And the waiting when I'm tracing the shadow of his arm on me

When I feel the weight growing under him

[Chorus]

He holds me with eyes that sing

I am not the man for him

Holds me with eyes that sing

I am not the man for him