Cathedrals Made of Mouths

[Verse 1] You breathe one breath too close I act like I don’t know My tongue becomes a chapel My pulse a metronome There’s a psalm behind my teeth That never makes the sound An altar in my ribcage Where every word bows down [Pre-Chorus] If I move, the walls begin to sing If I speak, it turns from thought to real So I keep it sealed in flesh Like a prayer I never kneel [Chorus] Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum I build these vaulted bones Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum Every echo shaped by you Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum Our silence forms the dome Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum Cathedrals made of mouths [Verse 2] You laugh, the rafters shake I lose my lines again The air grows thick around us Like incense on my skin I could let your name fall out Let consonants collide But I keep the arches hollow So the wanting stays inside [Pre-Chorus] If I move, the icons start to breathe If I speak, the stained glass turns to real So I keep it pressed to tongue Like communion I don’t feel [Chorus] Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum I carve you into tone Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum Every chamber tuned to you Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum My quiet stones your throne Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum Cathedrals made of mouths [Bridge] Maybe I’m not afraid of you Maybe it’s the echo you’d create If you heard my vowels unravel Spilling past this guarded gate So I stay where the almost prays In the choir between the thought and truth [Final Chorus] Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum I keep this vaulted slow Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum Every arch aligned to you Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum Our breathing builds the glow Hum, sigh, click, kiss, hush, vow, hum Cathedrals made of mouths