Carve A Pattern

You carve a perfect rose in the door
With hands so soft, with lips so warm
The petals cover me so beautifully
And the flower will fall
Upon the birdie sheet and growl
"Say, are we close? How close are we now?"
But first we double up with a coffee cup
And the sheets will buckle
You carve a perfect bird on the wall
With hands so soft, with lips so warm
And the bird will sing for me so beautifully
And the notes will fall
Upon the bed we mix and you growl
"Say, are we close? How close are we now?"
And then you come for me so beautifully
But the night will buckle
You shouldn't be kissing with your eyes closed
You shouldn't be standing where the light shows
I try to tell you but the words are lost in a morning crush
You carve a perfect rose in the door
And I don't care how lucky we are
'cos you still come to me so beautifully
I lock the heart with a birthday card
And then swallow the key
Pretend drown and I'll pretend to breathe
With blood and tissue, I will miss you
But don't follow me in
Pretend to drown and I'll pretend to swim
I carve the patterns with my hands
But you don't see them
It's hard to laugh and it's hard to cry
But it's harder still to die
To swallow the surf and the tide
To face a lonlier mile
I lock the heart with a birthday card
And then swallow the key
Pretend to drown, and I'll pretend to breathe
With blood and tissue, I will miss you
But don't follow me in
Pretend to drown and I'll pretend to swim