"I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.
I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the color of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.
I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,
and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue."
-Pablo Neruda
lyrics
For one month
I could not sleep, eat, or sing
i could not pray to my gods
you don't know how awful I was
Sorrow stalks me like a beast in the night
and it's wearing your eyes all the time
why do they cast the same light?
You carry me home
you carry me hence
if I'm not what you want
tell me now.
You carry me home
you carry me hence
if I'm not what you want
say it now.
I must say
my faith has been shaken
because you were grace to me
that river which joins to the sea
you carry me home
you carry me hence
if I'm not what you want
tell me now
you carry me home
you carry me hence
if I'm not what you want
say it now.
just love me in
your sweet and simple way
in the summer you're my shade
in the summer you're my shade
Just love me in
your sweet and simple way
in the summer you're my shade
I worship every day.
credits
from Bad Girls' Smoking Lounge,
released July 6, 2019
Michelle Watts: Vocals, Electric Guitar
David Diaz: Electric Bass
Gyasi Greer: Drums
Producer: Anthony Ferreira
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