Swoon Calliope Songtext
von Aaron McMullan

He was fixing his face
I was bent by the sink
He said I warned you ′fore you took them
They're far fiercer than you′d think
My eyes are hissing in their sockets
And he's like right, c'mon, be gone before she calls

Holds a wet cloth to my forehead
Says I Googled your name
Your words are kinda cute, like, but them songs all sound the same
But I can′t hear him for the thunder of the ceilings
The barking of the walls

Take your time, she says
Catch a breath, she says
It′s done no matter what you do
It's all gon′ whip on either way, there's nothing waits for you


There′s this pacing up above me
There's this whistling below
There′s a thick nameless malevolence trails me everywhere I go
And I am needing to sleep
And I'm needing to sleep without dreams

Wedded with the wailing of the first light hit the Heath
Leaning now against the banister wi' two towels underneath
Someone′s sending someone shortly
Someone′s swelling at the fringes of the streams

Count to five, she says,
Close your eyes, she says
Mark them each one as they ring
The sedatives, the cells, the skyways whispering
Those kindsa things

From the water she rises
She thins as she nears
She fingers at my right hand
She whispers in my ear
You're safe and I love you
Things happened, like
They happen
Goodbye


I′m alive but I am ruined
I have ruined everything
I want nothing but to sing something that's only mine to sing
But every song sounds wrong
Yet I keep trying
I keep trying
Still I try