You wore your fear like perfume Under velvet, under light You brought your pulse into the room Like a candle to the night You shook my hand with pretty grace Like I would let it go But craving has a lovely face When it smiles nice and slow Every courtesy is thinner Than the flesh above the need Every welcome hides a dinner Every flower hides a seed If you came to meet the monsters If you wanted proof tonight Do not blame the fangs for answering When your heartbeat smelled so right Come a little closer Let the door close right behind Lay your little name down With the life you leave outside One touch, one taste One bow, one bite Welcome to the open dare That keeps you hot tonight Nice to eat you Nice to eat you Nice to eat you I heard your breathing stutter I heard your courage crack I heard the soft animal That wanted to turn back But fear becomes a drumline And panic makes you sweet Run if you need the ritual I love a moving treat No need for polite resistance No need to fake control You crossed the ravenous distance With wonder in your soul Shake my hand and lose your shelter Say hello and lose your ground Every proper introduction Ends where appetite is found Come a little closer Let the door close right behind Lay your little name down With the life you leave outside One touch, one taste One bow, one bite Welcome to the jaw That keeps you warm tonight Nice to eat you Do not mistake the table For cruelty without art A feast can still be graceful A mouth can have a pulse I taste the trembling question You hide beneath your pride And answer with a chamber Where all your doubts reside Some are greeted with flowers Some are greeted with wine Some are blessed by the doorway Some are drawn across the line You wanted an entrance I gave you a throat You wanted a story I gave you a note Too close Too late Sweet pulse Good fate red-room heat Deep seat Soft guest Fresh meat Mine Come a little closer Let the old world disappear Trade your shaking flesh For the thunder you can hear One breath, one cry One fall, one bite Welcome to the backseat shadow That holds you deep tonight Nice to eat you No goodbye, no leaving No regret beneath the skin You are past the greeting You are beautifully within One heart, one heat One dream, one bite Welcome to the dirty want That will keep you warm tonight Nice to eat you Nice to eat you
