The Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweat

We escape from the house
 As the day disappears from the sky
 Into night
 We became what we wanted to be
 Like a dream or a ghost
 I collapse out of turn
 Near a house
 Lying still in the grass and felt the heat from the ground
 Rising up to contract and expand like a breath
 We escape from that place
 Soaked with sweat and the poison we drank
 Fill the bathtub with ice and hope this fever will break
 Like a heart
 Easily
 But I do not recall all the words that were formed
 On those wired lips as they greeted me
 A promise was made without thought as the temperature climbed
 And I started to sink like the moon
 Tends to do if you stare at it too long
 Then you blink and it's gone
 And we crawl to our sleep with the dawn, take
 And isn't it the same mistake?
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 And isn't it the same mistake?
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 And isn't it the same mistake?
 It's not much of an escape
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 And isn't it the same?
 I awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm
 Close the blinds and retreat until what is burning is gone
 And it's light is away
 Then we are back in the dark
 Chasing nothing through backyards and trees
 You ripped your shirt on a fence but it didn't get me
 Yeah, it's fear
 It makes you slow
 And these creatures look crooked
 Their shadows cut lines through my face and the concrete is fire
 Where my bare feet are placed
 In a line next to yours
 And I guess I'm not sure if it's fear that was born
 As those awful eyes made their claim on us
 I put my hands on the fence
 Said your name
 And I started to climb
 And it must have been sweat but I drank it like wine
 It was sweet and my mouth was dry
 I heard you scream but I made no reply
 I can still taste it now if I try