Living In Colour

Living In Colour

Living in colour
I can see the paint on your toes
Living in colour
Even in the blackout, I know

I am floating
with my eyes closed, with no sails
I am soaking
I am weathered by the winter of mixed drinks
Am I dancing?
Or am I simply spinning in my own grave?
You are asking
and with two steps, I’m saved

Living in colour
I can see the paint on your toes
Living in colour
Even in the blackout, I know

Weeks gone by I was weak
I was paler than a pine box that holds bones
She poked the iris
then she pierced a hole and watched the colour rush forth
Modern Madonna
held my head in warm hands with pink nails
Mopped the mouth
And whispered that the sickness will go away

Living in colour
I can see the paint on your toes
Living in colour
Even in the blackout, I know
Living in colour
I can see the paint on your toes
Living in colour
Even as I blackout, I know

And though I dreamt with a rapid eye
By day I hoped to rapidly die
And have my organs laid on ice
Wait for somebody that would treat them right
As the night started swallowing
You pulled the blood to my blue lip
Forced the life through still veins
Filled my heart with red again

Living in colour
I can see the paint on your toes
Living in colour
Even in the blackout, I know
Living in colour
I can see the paint on your toes
Living in colour
Even as I blackout, I know
Yes, I Would

My cry for a fistful of sand
Breeds silence
Hold me, I’m folding, I can’t see land
The world just blinks
Lead me, I’m stupid from a lesson learned
You’ve learned nothing
You told me to get lost to find myself

First it bleeds then it scabs
I feel like a haemophiliac
Would I change if you carried me back?
Yes I would
Believe me now, yes I would
I can’t sink now
Yes I would

What if I am never thrown that rope?
And what if this tear in my side just pours and pours and pours?
I wonder if they’d notice that I’m not around
The loss of a lonely man never makes much of a sound

First it bleeds then it scabs
I feel like a haemophiliac
Would I change if you carried me back?
Yes I would
Believe me now, yes I would
I just can’t sink now
Yes I would