A Window

The curtain covers the night
But the window stays open wide
I can feel the air on my thighs
A message slipped from the sky
Calling me

To a labyrinth of pleasure and doubt
With my teeth bared
Skirt spinning out
Down the stairs and out of this house
Down the stairs and into the mouth
Of the perfect unknown
Of the desperate alone

Oh lover what do I do
When my heart forgets how to move
When my shadow clings to this room
But my skins wants hands that are new

To help me unfold
To loosen this hold
To sink and dissolve
To warm up these bones

Oh mother how do I choose
When to fasten and when to undo
All these ribbons
Violet and blue
All these reasons
Violent and true

Calling me home
Calling me home
Calling me home
Calling me home