[Pre-Chorus]

Strike me down

With your beating wings

And remind me what it's like to feel things

I will not cower

I want for no shield

I am open like a wound

[Chorus]

To replace the fragments

Of myself with you

To replace the fragments

Of myself with you

I will bear the scars

Of the fool

[Post-Chorus]

Every moment leaden

Every moment leaden

[Verse]

Once again, we dance

Together in slow motion

Once again, the ache returns

Of precarious devotion

Every moment leaden

[Pre-Chorus]

Strike me down

With your beating wings

And remind me what it's like to feel things

I will not cower

I want for no shield

I am open like a wound

[Chorus]

To replace the fragments

Of myself with you

To replace the fragments

Of myself with you

I will bear the scars of the fool

[Bridge]

With faraway eyes

And solemn brow

Climb on top

And push your weight down

Place your hand

Over my mouth

And stop the words

From coming out

Leave me in a cage

My foot on a tether

And only return

To pluck out all my feathers

[Outro]

One by one

Have you collected enough?

One by one

Are you done playing rough?

This hurts

Hurts too much to be love