Scratch + Hiss

Every scratch and hiss

Walled off and windowed away

Drowsy and unnumbed

Hammering each other through the days

Denied, denied

We play dead inside

To hide, we're chained to something sharp and white

We're holding hands and twisting knives

Staring without blinking into each other's eyes

Love through suffering and sacrifice and bliss

Remember this in misery

Through every scratch and hiss

Reconnect and disconnect

Dissecting our two singles

Undercover angered lovers

Please don't cry, don't cry

We lay in our bed

In dread, we're chained to something underfed

We're holding hands and twisting knives

Staring without blinking into each other's eyes

Love through suffering and sacrifice and bliss

Remember this in misery

Through every scratch and hiss

Faint hugs

We throw down

Fight to win

We'll never understand the purpose

Round and round

We fall down

What now keeps us bound is only yearning

To be found in fields of burning

Maybe even loved is hurrying

We're holding hands and twisting knives

Staring without blinking into each other's eyes

Love through suffering and sacrifice and bliss

Remember this in misery

Through every scratch and hiss