Smoke from Birthmarks by Bambara
Tracklist
| 9. | Smoke | 3:59 |
Lyrics
Smoke plumed from her lips as her whimpers shivered with the night birds’ song. Curled up under his black leather jacket, she fell asleep to the mating calls. With the sleeves wrapped around her waist, he held her in a dream. His wounds wept when she begged him to stay while the cigarette hissed on the sheets. He said,
“I’ll never leave. When the tears soak through your tattered hair, and you feel like dying, I’ll be there. Close your violet eyes and stay with me out in the fog between the
evergreens. And I’ll never leave.”
“I feel like I was created to suffer. Sade had Justine and God has me.”
He said, “Thought your god had Job for all that.” “Yeah, but Job was redeemed, and no matter how hard I pray, it’s just more misery.” His breath burned on her hips when he whispered, “You’ve got a savior in me,
‘Cause I’ll never leave. When the flames lick hot between your legs, hide in sleep and feel my tongue instead. Tried for countless lives to set you free. Don’t you resist this fire, come with me. ‘Cause I’ll never leave.
We’ll drift out to the sea, like mist between the trees, and start swimming. To the coast you’ve seen in vivid dreams and inked in your arm from memory. Bound to me, you’ll learn what pleasure pain can bring. Baby, you can suffer there in peace. And, child, you’ll never leave. Sleep through the sirens. Sleep through the sirens.”
