I Meant to Draw Blood

from Don't Say You Don't Know What You Want by Elephant Island

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Are we the same, are we sister and brother?
Your heartbeat in one hand and mine in the other
Let's have a code, a curve in our fingers
A black and white photo, waist deep in a river

Reveal yourself, reveal yourself to me
Relive whatever led you into this city
What do I look like? I never do know
Do I look like I want to say something that you don't

In the morning i wake up
At the limits of my skin
And I don't know where I've been
But it's going to be different
In a future sketched holding our breath
Against possession, against theft

Are we the same without the memory
Of the day's many debts holding us down on our knees
The same forgetfulness and flattery
The same insistence on apologies

No need for kindness now the code is undone
Let's replace the dedication
Are we alone, each to our own weak rhythm
No hands, no heartbeat, no voice, no vision

I meant to draw blood
But the wound was there waiting for me
Unsolved and impressive
Something I can't leave
So this is all that's left
So this is all I need

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from Don't Say You Don't Know What You Want, released February 26, 2009
Galen Hartley - vocals, acoustic guitar
Kelby MacNayr - drums, vocals
Marc Jenkins - electric guitar, bass, vocals
Jamie Cummins - accordion, vocals

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