West Of Her Spine Lyrics - Bell X1

She asked me to work on that knot 

Now I've been at that 

Coalface some time 

I've been trying to untie that knot 

I'm trying to work it to a soft spot 

And lie there a while 

Just south of her shoulder 

And west of her spine 

Now you'd think that I could 

Untie that knot 

I'm the one who put it there in 

The first place 

But it's like trying to remember 

Where you've buried treasure 

Well I've a vague idea 

But it was under the pale moon light 

And I was south of her shoulder 

And west of her spine 

Sometimes early in the morning 

I watch her breathing rise and fall 

I've spilled in drunk beside her 

In the stillness of dawn 

See how her hair spills over 

Like frayed ends of twine 

All wild and wrapped around her 

Like these wandering arms of mine 

Well I hope they find a soft spot 

Where I can lie for a while 

Just south of her shoulder 

And west of her spine 

Now careful not to wake her 

I trace back along the twine 

To where her never endings sing 

Of too much of my time