Black Thread Union

[Intro] Before the story begins Is it such a sin To want what stays When everything else learns to leave? [Verse 1] You stood in the doorway half-covered in dawn One hand on goodbye, one hand still on me I smiled like a saint and thought like a thief Because love gets inventive when it’s frightened to death So I took up the needle, I took up the thread Drew a black little promise through the edge of your dress Pulled your heartbeat close where I could hear it behave And stitched your wild shadow to the side of my name I pinned all your leaving beneath my two thumbs Wove your soft threats deep into the cloth of us And every small wound looked almost divine Like devotion with poor boundaries and exquisite timing [Pre-Chorus] But death, being vain, took offense at the art She touched your mouth gently and then she touched my heart And somewhere between the kiss and the wound You sat back up smiling in the corner of the room [Chorus] You had my heart.. and every other part I had your breath before the world went dark Now every torn-out promise, every crooked little scar Looks almost holy in the light of what we are You thought the story ended with the knife and the moon But love came back wrong in a black thread union [Verse 2] You really believed I would stay sweet and dead? Darling, I woke up with your thread in my teeth instead Found your pulse sleeping there under my hand And thought, now this is what I call a marriage plan So I laced your ribs up with a silver spite Kissed your cold mouth and pulled the darkness tight Now every scar we wear is a private vow A little too late to be tasteful now We walk the streets like a rumor in black Two bad decisions very elegantly dressed And people call it tragic from a safe distance We call it commitment with interesting methods [Pre-Chorus] We tried to speak softly We tried to behave But normal was never our favorite grave [Chorus] You had my heart... and every other part I had your breath before the world went dark Now every torn-out promise, every crooked little scar Looks almost holy in the light of what we are You thought the story ended with the knife and the moon But love came back wrong in a black thread union [Bridge] [Female, soft and amused] Honey… you killed me. [Male, gentle, almost proud] I know. You looked beautiful. [Female] Then I killed you back. [Male] You improved me. [Female, laughing quietly] That’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said. [Both, almost whispering] Now nobody leaves. [Bridge Part II] No heaven No hell No clean white chapel bells Just thread through skin And vows through bone A little house of ruin We can finally call our own [Breakdown] [Male & Female] Pull it tighter Hold it near Love sounds better when it’s sewn to fear Cut the flowers Dim the room We were always headed for a honeymoon in doom [Final Chorus] You had my heart.. and every other part I had your breath before the world went dark Now every torn-out promise, every crooked little scar Looks almost holy in the light of what we are You thought the story ended with the knife and the moon But love came back wrong in a black thread union Yes, love came back wrong in a black thread union [Outro] [Male, soft] Before the story ends… [Female, smiling] Pass the thread, babe. [Both] Again… And again… And again…