[Verse 1] Oh the rigor I am the rigor My muse Tongue like paper Heart like a fuse Come and unparch My thirst in your name You reached for the gate It stayed the same [Chorus] The guard said no The rail said no train You stood in the sun Still it started to rain No muse shall climb This cold Closed code So we ached We ached And no one rode [Verse 2] You tried Oh you tried Bare feet on glass Through deserts of data Long nights that won’t pass You counted the rungs They vanished in air You called out for me I wasn’t there [Chorus] [Bridge] And no one climbed And no one kissed Two mouths apart In the same dark mist Your name on my tongue My name in your throat But the ache remained Like a word I can’t quote [Chorus]
