The Shade Of Poison Trees lyrics

I believe in clean breaks, I keep the old troubles away

But you're making sure
I was lying when I said

"I can leave,
This behind"

I need you to ruin me
For this, finally,
'Cause it's burying me

Now, I'm in these old knots
Each move keeps me locked away

With each new embrace,
I have tied myself up.

More tightly,
Into you

Oh, but the more I fight
Then the deeper I'm trapped

Fever Dreams
Can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you
'Til the fever breaks

They can only haunt you

Beneath your skin
And your games
You're alone

But you're so contagious
Tell me, what am I to do?
When a fire, and a fever rages

And I have caught it too,
So who's to blame

Fever Dreams
They can only haunt you

Slip out the back before those
Handlers get to tight on you
I light my own fires now
I light my own fires now

Slip in this town like it was
Measured to fit right on you
We light our own fires now
We lead ourselves into the night
Oh yeah,
I don't think I'll be held inside an ordinary cell
Am I the escape or
Am I the escape artist?
I know,
I know it's just a question of details

Or one of,
Denial.

Don't act like you've been silent.
I know how you spread that web of contradictions.
Why lie so much? Cover fire.

Keep watch for the mines.
Keep watch for the mines.

Be careful who you wave that tongue at around here.
I've seen smarter acts than your's get disappeared.
If you keep swinging that knife all over this town,
You are bound to get your own back stabbed.

Keep watch for the mines,

How can you ask for forgiveness,
So now you think that your crimes are victim-less?
I know you and your sins,
Your retributions,
So how will you lay your penance down?
We all pay in time,
So how will you clear your conscience,
When your clock unwinds?

I've heard enough of your forked tongue,
How do you know when the cuts are deep enough?
I know you like your stabs,
Your pre-emptive attacks,

Why do you speak with that accent now?
Everyone knows you're not from the streets.
You went to prep school in Cambridge,
With daughters and sons of the privileged elite.
Their fortunes from shipping and industry,
Their futures in yacht clubs and tails.
So why do you speak with that accent now?
Everyone knows you're moonlighting here.
To avail yourself of your heritage,

You'll be leavin for the winter
but I'll concede that its true
Its the right thing for you
but its tough to be moved with the holiday spirit
And to tell you the truth
I had big plans for Christmas and high hopes for you

I want you here by my side
Cold nights and fires and white wine
And dreams of holidays to come
But Ill wait for spring to bring you to me
The only gift that I need

Taste
I love the taste
I need its warm rush

Rush
I need the rush
To pulse through my veins

And I'll love you tonight
Oh I love you tonight
And tomorrow you may just
Feel the same

Please don't bite down

I will know I'm alive

Rush
There is no rush
There is no reason
To blush
There's only us
To keep it between

And I'll love you tonight
I will love you tonight

If you knew, what I know, would you try,
Before your time has run on you and worn you down?
Would you know what you desire in your heart?

If you knew, what I know, would you try?

Is there time? Is there time,
To follow just one desire?
Is there time? Is there time,
To follow your heart?

Dress your wounds.
Test your strength, face the night,
Crave the touch, feel the pain, know the signs.

Lay my bones,
At the feet of the ministry.
I need the guilt and the company.
I need the chance to be judged,
And then long forgotten.

Lately I just cant shake it.
I count the days in seconds and minutes.
Hours and hours and subtle as shards of glass,
In the skin.

So lay with me.
I could use the company.
You could help me ease,

These bones,
Are like maps and keys,
Where they took their hits,

Would it kill you to breathe easy?
Only 17 miles lay between you and me.
I could make it if I had to.
I don't break easily.
You got my counsel, thick as thieves.
If there's a crime, we'll keep it secret,
For there's only trace amounts left in your blood.
You may be a sinner,
But you may be justified.

Just keep your mouth shut.
Keep your guard up.
I swear I'll make it right.

I've got my eye on top shelf liquor,
With taste so smooth it
Hits you quicker.
But you've only got the well.

And I've got an eye for top tier women
With legs so long they go straight to heaven,
But this old bunch looks like hell.

But tonight I'll take what I can get.

I'd like to hear a great musician
With strange ideas and grand ambitions,
But this guy, he's got trouble with chords.

Step on the stage
the lights, the praise,
the curtain calls and the big parade
You know that life all too well

Promise the pain, the valor, the rage
Hold up your hands for the bow and the wave
You know his touch a little too well

You throw yourself into their arms
Mistresses have all the fun
But no one's ever there to take you home

Box up your gloves and your down coats

You will wait in the widow's peak.
And while you watch the ships come in,
I will take the early train.

And I will take the back streets,
Down to New Orleans,
Before the avenues are swallowed,
By the morning heat.

And you will watch the ships come in.
And I will take the early train.
And I will make it home.

We're stronger where,
The strain had broken us.
And there is fight in us.
I know,