[Verse 1]
I just look down
At the hole in the couch
Pull with my fingers
It's yellow and brown like the new bruise
That forms in your mouth
Catches a vein
And hollows me out

[Verse 2]
Lie still
Don't agitate
Blue in the neck
Red in the face
But it feels good to carry your shame
And live in the stain-glassed body you made

[Refrain]
The tries and the false starts
Bending our backs to make it stick
Piled up report cards
Big green checks and leopard skin
Drawing on your arm

[Instrumental Outro]