Album Cover Tongues & Teeth

Tongues & Teeth

The Crane Wives

3

I′ve grown a mouth so sharp and cruel

It's all that I can give to you my dear

And when you come in quick to steal a kissMy teeth will only cut your lips, my dear

And I know that you mean so well

But I am not a vessel for your good intent

I will only break your pretty things

I will only wring you dry of everything

But if you′re fine with that

You can be mine like that

Abandon all your stupid dreams

About the girl I could have been, my dear

'Cause in the night I know you burn with feelings

I cannot return, my dear

Oh, my dear

You gotta know that this won't last

Desperation will erase the fact

I′m keeping all

Of the answers in my cigarette box

Yeah, the answer′s in the second before the other shoe drops

And if you're blind to that

I am fine with that

Oh, I will ruin you

Oh, I will ruin you

It′s a habit, I can't help it

I know that you mean so well

But I am not a vessel for your good intent

I will only break your pretty things

I will only wring you dry of everything

And if you′re fine with that

If you're fine with that

I will poison all your happy thoughts

I love you like the ashes in my cigarette box

And if you′re fine with that

You can be mine

If you're fine with that

You can be mine

Ho ho ho

Ho ho ho

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