Counterparts - The Hands That Used to Hold Me lyrics

Hold my eyelids open and
Secure my hanging head
Digging shards of bone from both our feet
Removing teeth to free what's left
Of sentences unsaid
Ensuring my last breath echoes relief
We ignore the sound of two dissolving souls
As our home disintegrates into a grave
Rebuilt above burnt earth to be
Sure nothing else can grow

You left as I was dreaming
But when I opened my eyes you
Swore you were still here
Preserving footprints in the colour
Of our blood and as our veins ran dry you
Swore you were still here

Suffocate me in my sleep
The weight of my belief will bury me
Suffocate me in my sleep
The weight of my belief will bury me

I felt your presence fleeing long
Before you took your leave
You swore you were still here
Leaving small incisions in the hands
That used to hold me
(And as our veins ran dry you
Swore you were still here)

Hold my eyelids open and
Secure my hanging head
Digging shards of bone from both our feet
Removing teeth to free what's
Left of sentences unsaid
Ensuring my last breath echoes relief
We ignore the sound of two dissolving souls
As our home disintegrates into a grave
Rebuilt above burnt earth to be
Sure nothing else can grow

You swore you were still here
You swore you were still here