Pearl Rope

The clay compels between my teeth and the rug's pulled from under me
Scooped into my mouth are my hands
Piles of salted golden caramel sand
How often did I say it was sore?
A hundred thousand times, maybe more
Your hands were slippery and wet, and they
Couldn't stop me sinking through the floor
I've never been ready
I can't navigate a storm, feel steady
Anxiously waiting for a sound, slipped into a puddle and drowned
I've never been ready
I can't navigate a storm, feel steady
Anxiously waiting for a sound, slipped into a puddle and drowned
I thought the nurse was cradling her first-
Born, sucked from the coast like a baby deer
My eyes glazed across the barren landscape
I miss the rocking of your rumbling earthquake
I can't sleep
Glaze of sand between my teeth, ah
I can't sleep
I can't sleep
I've never been ready
I can't navigate a storm, feel steady
Anxiously waiting for a sound, slipped into a puddle and drowned
I've never been ready
I can't navigate a storm, feel steady
Anxiously waiting for a sound, slipped into a puddle and drowned
The clay compels between my teeth and the rug's pulled from under me
Scooped into my mouth are my hands
Piles of salted golden caramel sand
How often did I say it was sore?
A hundred thousand times, maybe more
Your hands were slippery and wet, and they
Couldn't stop me sinking through the floor
I've never been ready