Vexed Songtext
von Jette-Ives

I should sleep
(But I can′t)
I should leave
(But I can't)
I should strip the paint from the room,
Close the windows to the blinds
Bind the door with the broom
— Her fingers, and her lies,
The hauntings that occur in the attics of her eyes

I don′t know how you can be so calm.

I should finish what I start
I should put down the pen
No, I must write the beginning
And end it again.
— Her anger, and her wiles,
Her clever little game
You watch as she destroys
What she would rather maim

I don't know how you can be so calm.


One lover to the next.
One scorned, another vexed.
And the plot that's caught between them is unraveling.

I′m sleeping in midair
Terrified of touching down
And scraping ground
Afraid the sound
Of nervous laughter will never leave me

The one who cannot meet herself in the mirror
— Never knowing which image will first look away
And which mutation will attach itself to her face
— I stay away.
I stay away.

I don′t know how you can be so calm.

One lover to the next:
Do you agree to intercede
Or would you rather oversee
This plot that's caught between you
(Is unraveling).


There′s one lover to the next
One scorned, another vexed.
And I'm the plot
That′s caught
Between you.

I don't know how you can be so calm.