Where You Began

Let me be the sweat beneath your shirt

The wrinkle in your bedsheet where you turn

Let me be the glass you leave half-drank

The taste on your mouth you don’t wipe away

If you need a silence you can’t fill

I’ll be the ache, the longing, the want that lingers still

My life started where you began

More than a lover, more than a man

No disguise, nothing left to defend

You are the start, you are the end

My life started where you began

Let me be the shiver at your wrist

The reason my hands find the place you can’t resist

Let me love your bruises and scars you never hide

We all have our little secrets, the ones we keep locked inside

If you need a place to fall apart

I’ll be the tether and the bond that holds together your heart

My life started where you began

More than a lover, more than a man

No disguise, nothing left to defend

You are the start, you are the end

My life started where you began

Let me be the tremor in your knees

The whisper that bends you into release

Let me be the breath against your skin

The voice that pulls your hunger in

If you need a promise that won’t untie

I’ll be the vow that will not die

Let me be the night you can’t confess

The hunger buried deep beneath your breasts

Let me be the mark you cannot lose

The song your body vibrates to

If you need a name you can’t let go

I’ll be the one you’ll always know

Trace me slow where the dark won’t reach

Write your want across my teeth

Every word you never spoke

I’ll lay it bare while laying naked

We’ll read it letter for letter, note for note

My life started where you began

More than a lover, more than a man

No disguise, nothing left to defend

You are the start, you are the end

My life started where you began

Where you began

Where you began

My life started where you began