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They once blamed me
for those words in my mouth
They once blamed how my soul tastes of salt
Not sugar, not sweetened to their liking
And they hate the want, the want of a
woman, the wanton, the desire, the fountain of
love, only meant to sing lullabies
Sleep now my dear for the night is near
Lay down your head on the hide and dream of
All the things you wanted, all the things that make you wanton
You want them, you wanton little thing
Are you there, are you there my love?
Bring me a lover, O goddess above
Make her sweet, make her melt on my lips
And if not that then at least let us kiss
And those words on my teeth
in the back of my mouth like permanent runes of longing, longing
I want, I want, I want, I want
And I will not deny it any longer
I want, I want, I want, I want
The more I deny it the more it grows stronger
I want
Come now, let’s dance, darling
Would you take my hand?
Blood in my mouth, darling
Would you take my hand?
I’m so in love, darling
Would you take my hand?
So in love with love, darling
Would you take me as I am?
Would you take me as I am?
And those words on my teeth
in the back of my mouth like permanent runes of longing, longing
I want, I want, I want, I want
And I will not deny it any longer
I want, I want, I want, I want
The more I deny it the more it grows stronger
I want
I want
What’s wanting ever given me
but all these untouched histories
and salt in my teeth
in my dreams
all the bad dreams it has given me
Still, here they are in my sleep
these words the gods have given me
my prayer to nobody
I want
I want
I want, I want, I want, I want
And I will not deny it any longer.
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