jailer
[Verse 1]
My boy, covered in red
We were flushed in fluorescence, the backseat a bed
When a knock on the window, a flash in our eyes
And an officer happy to ruin our night
I let out a laugh like a shriek or a cry
And you hit me reflexively quick
At the time, I was stunned into silence
We got just a warning
I'm hoping we make it a joke in the mornin’
[Chorus]
You drive to my house
I want us to talk but the quiet's too loud
I try to get naked again in the back
I want you to see, and to want what I have
When you look at me, is that all that I am?
[Verse 2]
My boy, covered in red
From the blood dancing harshly and quick to his head
Through a body that's working three times as hard
To pretend what he’s screaming is straight from the heart
Saying, "Do you think I want that right now?
On the road by your house? Are you kidding me now?"
And you're laughing at me and I don't find it funny
But maybe I'll get it, alone in the morning
[Chorus]
The bed in my house
I try to get off but can't picture you now
The backs of my eyelids are lonely and black
Now all that I see is all that I have
When you think of me, is that all that I am?
[Outro]
A boy covered in blue, putting walls up around him
A jailer confused, casting off all new strangers
Alone at the table, saying, "No one can hurt me if nobody's able"
My boy, covered in red
We were flushed in fluorescence, the backseat a bed
When a knock on the window, a flash in our eyes
And an officer happy to ruin our night
I let out a laugh like a shriek or a cry
And you hit me reflexively quick
At the time, I was stunned into silence
We got just a warning
I'm hoping we make it a joke in the mornin’
[Chorus]
You drive to my house
I want us to talk but the quiet's too loud
I try to get naked again in the back
I want you to see, and to want what I have
When you look at me, is that all that I am?
[Verse 2]
My boy, covered in red
From the blood dancing harshly and quick to his head
Through a body that's working three times as hard
To pretend what he’s screaming is straight from the heart
Saying, "Do you think I want that right now?
On the road by your house? Are you kidding me now?"
And you're laughing at me and I don't find it funny
But maybe I'll get it, alone in the morning
[Chorus]
The bed in my house
I try to get off but can't picture you now
The backs of my eyelids are lonely and black
Now all that I see is all that I have
When you think of me, is that all that I am?
[Outro]
A boy covered in blue, putting walls up around him
A jailer confused, casting off all new strangers
Alone at the table, saying, "No one can hurt me if nobody's able"