Lyrics
You caught the sun between your teeth and swallowed it at noon By four the birds were falling down By five you lit the room I put my ear against your ribs and heard the summer breed You said, “It’s getting hungry” I said, “Then let it feed” Our names were written on the gate The heat went singing through it I called you by your childhood name You said you never knew it At midnight people filled the road and asked us for the light You tried to say you couldn’t speak Your teeth were shut too tight “Hold on,” you said “It’s hatching” Your feet rose from the floor I held you by your ankles They hammered at the door I put my mouth against your mouth and felt the dark divide The morning broke in both of us They waited there outside Our names were written on the gate The heat went singing through it I called you by your childhood name You said you never knew it At midnight people filled the road and asked us for the light