I flood your veins like trenchesnI am the astronaut in your bloodstreamnmy lips, galleonsnas your skin becomes the pacific beneath mennas I watch the colors drain from your face and paint the floor in shadesnpaint the floor in shadesnnclutched to your hems with a newborns gripnparaplegic words are all I've left to auctionnlips loose like a drunk mannpoised as a poetnwith all my etiquette orphanednnas I watch the colors drain from your face and paint the floor in shadesnspeak up nspeak up and mean itnsay your words and believe themnnthis house will fall with younnhope is a handicapnnas I watch the colors drain from your face and paint the floor in shadesnspeak upnspeak up and mean itnsay your words and believe themnnwhoanwe were but upright animals