[Verse 1] You left a stain in the moonless air Like a knife that learned my name I laughed at grief, I mocked the grave Till it wore your face Your kiss was a candle in a fist Your touch was a warning bell Now every shadow knows my ribs And rattles like a cell [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I hear you in the iron Oh, I see you in the rain What dies in me still calls to you What breaks will break again [Chorus] Death and love, they rhyme (Death and love) Death and love, they bite (They bite, they bite) Take my hand, then leave my bones Death and love, they know this road Death and love, they rhyme (They rhyme, they rhyme) [Verse 2] I buried hope in a bitter field Where the crows kept their black catechism They circled slow like old bad news And pecked at my prism You were my sin, my saint, my storm My sweetest way to burn Now all I own is the shape you left And the lesson I never learn [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I hear you in the iron Oh, I see you in the rain What dies in me still calls to you What breaks will break again [Chorus] Death and love, they rhyme (Death and love) Death and love, they bite (They bite, they bite) Take my hand, then leave my bones Death and love, they know this road Death and love, they rhyme (They rhyme, they rhyme) [Bridge] If I call your name too softly Will the dark call back my face? If I spill my heart into the river Will it learn your taste? Oh, I loved you like a famine I loved you like a curse And every tender thing I kept Just made the ending worse [Instrumental Break] [Outro] Death and love, they rhyme (Death and love) Death and love, they bite (They bite, they bite) When you're gone, they wear one skin When you're lost, they both move in Death and love, they rhyme (They rhyme, they rhyme)
