Kate Tempest - Thirsty lyrics
[Kate Tempest - Thirsty lyrics]
I came to under a red moon
Thirsty for water
My eyes were like shovels in
The soil of the sky
Digging in to the night to find solace
Burying emptiness
I was heart-broken
Vomiting memories
Because I'd promised her everything
Then I did what I could
Not to recognise anything
So, here I was
Marching the town like a priest in my rapture
Muttering spells
So desperate for tenderness
So raw from the grating of senses
The way the day drinks every
Drop of my strength
It's relentless
I was digging out pence for
A length of bad whisky
Me and my friends
Or at least
The others who slumped at
The bar without peace
They embrace me as kindred, but
Something is missing
So, I was sat there at the bar with my forehead on my wrist
Thinking I had given all I had in me to give
When I saw her
Cross the floor like a firework
Exploding in slow motion
She touched me on the shoulder
And I started to live
But I wasn't ready yet
I wanted sucker punch and numbness
The chase and the conquest
Of dating by numbers
The safety of keeping my distance and feeding
My hungers
She spoke of a truth that
I could not confront
And she offered a peace
That my war didn't want
Because I liked being fangs and destruction
Suction and froth and dysfunction
I was dreaming
Talking too much with my
Friends in the evenings
I laughed very loud as if
I was extremely happy
You should've seen me
Now, I knew she sensed a glory
I could feel it in the
Way that I was standing
Two feet taller, like I'd never been afraid
I didn't want her to know I
Wasn't everything she saw in me
We walked each other home
And didn't kiss
We walked each other home
And
Thirsty for water
My eyes were like shovels in
The soil of the sky
Digging in to the night to find solace
Burying emptiness
I was heart-broken
Vomiting memories
Because I'd promised her everything
Then I did what I could
Not to recognise anything
So, here I was
Marching the town like a priest in my rapture
Muttering spells
So desperate for tenderness
So raw from the grating of senses
The way the day drinks every
Drop of my strength
It's relentless
I was digging out pence for
A length of bad whisky
Me and my friends
Or at least
The others who slumped at
The bar without peace
They embrace me as kindred, but
Something is missing
So, I was sat there at the bar with my forehead on my wrist
Thinking I had given all I had in me to give
When I saw her
Cross the floor like a firework
Exploding in slow motion
She touched me on the shoulder
And I started to live
But I wasn't ready yet
I wanted sucker punch and numbness
The chase and the conquest
Of dating by numbers
The safety of keeping my distance and feeding
My hungers
She spoke of a truth that
I could not confront
And she offered a peace
That my war didn't want
Because I liked being fangs and destruction
Suction and froth and dysfunction
I was dreaming
Talking too much with my
Friends in the evenings
I laughed very loud as if
I was extremely happy
You should've seen me
Now, I knew she sensed a glory
I could feel it in the
Way that I was standing
Two feet taller, like I'd never been afraid
I didn't want her to know I
Wasn't everything she saw in me
We walked each other home
And didn't kiss
We walked each other home
And