Crane Your Neck

I pressed my ear against your back not even a week after we met
 And I felt your heartbeat fall like raindrops in a bucket
 I used to have a pretty nice spine but I neglected to give it a name
 So each time I tried to straighten it, I couldn't get its attention
 And I placed my palm upon your collarbone
 and I wished to fall asleep deep in your marrow
 As gently as a mouse curled up in a ball
 as gently as a mouse until tomorrow
 We ripped off all our clothes and this included all our jewelry
 And we ran hand in hand back when you brought out the beast in me
 The parts that are dormant, I wish to set them free
 And in the clarity of this night I make myself believe I can sleep easily alone
 But there's a hunger under my skin and its gripping at my bones
 There's a hunger like a lion's and it's ripping right through my bones
 So I push my limbs all forward like a tree does in a storm
 And I walk across the kitchen and I lean against the window
 I'm as calm as a baby lamb that is being led
 I'm as blue as blood before the blood goes red
 And how it hurts even in the sun
 It's a goddamn joke how we can hurt even in the sun
 For a heart beats the best in a bed beside the one that it loves
 Yes, a heart beats the best when in a head, death becomes irrelevant
 Cause if you're dreaming about dying, then you're not really living darling
 You've gotta be starving, you've gotta be starving for it
 And if you're crying by the moon, in the sun you better lift up that chin
 Twist your hips
 And crane your neck
 Twist your hips
 And bend your body back
 You've gotta be starving, you've gotta be starving for it
 You've gotta be starving, you've gotta be starving for it