[Verse 1] I found your breath on my collar Like a secret trying to live You said my name in the dark room As if you had something to forgive Your eyes were fixed on the ceiling But your fingers circled mine Tell me, do you touch all strangers Like you’re running out of time? [Strings enter] No, strangers don’t tremble When the silence starts to shift No, strangers don’t answer With a wound behind the lips [Restrained Chorus] I’ve got a terrible hunger I’ve got a fever in my chest I’ve got to turn every corner Till there’s nothing hidden left I’ve got a terrible hunger I’ve got a reason to resist But strangers don’t react To each other like this No, strangers don’t react To each other like this [Verse 2] I watched you sleep through the static Of the blue electric dawn Your shoulder moved in a warning That the morning would be wrong You pulled me close without waking As if your body had a voice Tell me, do you hold all strangers Like you never had a choice? [Strings enter] No, strangers don’t linger In the distance of a kiss No, strangers don’t shiver When there’s nothing to admit [Restrained Chorus] I’ve got a terrible hunger I’ve got a fever in my chest I’ve got to turn every corner Till there’s nothing hidden left I’ve got a terrible hunger I’ve got a reason to resist But strangers don’t react To each other like this No, strangers don’t react To each other like this [Bridge] There’s a cruelty in morning There’s a mercy in the black There’s a word we keep avoiding Because it might not take us back And I don’t want the answer But I need the evidence Do strangers feel this guilty For a moment with no sense? [Pre-Chorus] Say it was nothing Say it was nerves Say it was only What everyone deserves Say it was distance Say it was skin Say it was nowhere We have ever been But your mouth went quiet And your heartbeat missed [Whisper] No, strangers don’t react To each other like this [Outro] Strangers don’t hide When the morning hits Strangers don’t burn For a borrowed kiss Strangers don’t shake At a door left wide Strangers don’t stay Just to be denied Strangers don’t hide When the morning hits There’s nothing stranger Than needing this Strangers don’t hide Strangers don’t miss Strangers don’t react To each other like this
