[Verse 1]
Blue lips
Bridal lace
Veil full of dust and thorns
You reach through the roots
To a boy still warm
Victor with the shaking hands
Lost ring
Tangled vows
You say my name like it’s a prayer
I never got to mouth
[Pre-Chorus]
You’re breathing storms
I’m buried calm
Your heart beats fast
Mine’s barely a hum
We almost touch
And the whole ground sighs
Your living pulse
On my quiet side
[Chorus]
We’re standing on the fault line
Between your world and mine
You’re a flicker in the lamplight
I’m a shadow on the wall behind
I could hold you for a heartbeat
Then you’d turn to smoke and sky
We’re in love in the wrong time
Between your world and mine
[Verse 2]
You dance like the grave’s gone soft
Like the night forgave the past
I spin in a ruined dress
Pretend that this will last
You talk about morning trains
About gardens
Yellow light
I taste every broken dream
In the corners of your eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
You’re made of breath
I’m made of dust
Your fingers warm
Around my trust
We almost kiss
And the dead all stare
Like they know the price
Of a wish like this
[Chorus]
We’re standing on the fault line
Between your world and mine
You’re a flicker in the lamplight
I’m a shadow on the wall behind
I could hold you for a heartbeat
Then you’d turn to smoke and sky
We’re in love in the wrong time
Between your world and mine
[Bridge]
If I had lived
Would you wear my name?
If you had drowned
Would you choose my grave?
Tell me
Darling
Which fate hurts more
To lose this love
Or to tear your soul?
(oh, Victor)
I let the living have you back
My ribbon on your wrist
I walk alone through crooked trees
With the ghost of your last kiss
[Chorus]
We’re standing on the fault line
Between your world and mine
You’re a flicker in the lamplight
I’m a shadow on the wall behind
I could hold you for a heartbeat
Then I’d drag you where I lie
We’re in love in the wrong time
So I set your heart free from mine
[Outro]
Blue lips
Bridal lace
I lift my veil to the sky
Some loves don’t cross over
But they also never die