I love to sip just a bit of you
and they refer to it as addiction
but the secret's between me and you
is how you ease the friction
of my mind pushed against the world
and a slow sky crashing down
as a of horrid sea of clarity
so won't you help me not to drown?

I pause holding my breath beneath heavy rain
and the world comes to a rest
Breathing out it starts to turn again with a trembling roar
that puts my ears to test
and I'm going, falling, diving and burning
and my love burns with me in the sun
if it wasn't for that gift that I so eagerly shared
your life had but only begun

more than embrace, less than kiss
greater than give, more than miss

and it will have you grasp at your wings
before the waves of catharsis are clutching at you

the daylight comes to take hold of you
its sister dawn is a friendly player
the hours are stretching and bruising you
excorticating you layer for layer
you long to remain as the only lover
squalls carry your wish out into the night
no wave of good-bye as you sacrifice
yourself as a stance to strengthen your plight

more than embrace, less than kiss
greater than give, more than miss

my gift is a horrible, horrible one
that gives birth to you and leaves you undone

and it will have you grasp for your days
before you surrender to all I can give you