My legs were crossed on the tree roots that were bursting through the sidewalk
My claws were carving portraits of yearning on the bark
The pain of this loneliness becomes a new form of martial art
Oh, tiger, tiger, our separation is teaching me a lot
I don’t want a love that holds me back
But wasn’t love created for just that?
I’m so tempted to give into
The mischief on your grin
It’s taking the heavens within me to hold myself back
The driеd up mugwort that grew despite thе grass seeps into my veins
As my scales burn off climbing up the tree trunk soaked in acid rain
To hold my glowing orb inside my mouth from the ghouls that feed off my pain
Oh, tiger, tiger, i almost believed them when they said our existence was strange
I don’t want a love that holds me back
But wasn’t love created for just that?
I’m so tempted to give into
The mischief on your grin
It’s taking the heavens within me to hold myself back
Oh, tiger, tiger i want us to burst through the sidewalk and grow despite the grass
Side by side while we’re our own chosen
Oh, tiger, tiger i want us to soar through the painted clouds of stillness
Over the waves of perpetual motion
‘cause i don’t want a love that holds me back
But wasn’t love created for just that?
I’m so tempted to give into
The mischief on your grin
It’s taking the heavens within me to hold myself back
My steel toed talons start to look just like your paws
We were getting so lost in each other, but you had the upper claws
I picked out and carried your thorns for you, you would lose blood and my back would bend
We were losing sight of where each other’s own tales begin and end
Even though we both know that
Your teeth were sinking into my keratin lips
I hear the chorus say “THAT WAS UNFORGIVABLE!!!”
But i truly know that i can’t let go of my faith in the way
I haven’t seen it all yet, but i feel you the most
I can’t help but live on both sides and your tenderness is a ghost
That is trying to reach you through me
Your tenderness is a ghost
That is trying to reach you through me
Your tenderness is a ghost
That is trying to reach you through me
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