Vessel Lyrics - Alarms In The Heart - Dry The River

I melt at the sink 

like a priest or a prince. 

Maybe I'm to be a King 

and they're awaiting in Westminster. 

And the walls are paper thin, 

hear the neighbours arguing. 

Could you lower you voice? 

I would sell my unborn daughter, 

maybe. 

We didn't stage a passion play, 

didn't change our given names 

or what's to our bed, 

or me to make a scene. 

But I see your skin paling out, 

then the host in your mouth 

where the truth never seems to be. 

Now the burning branch never speaks to me. 

(It whispers like:) 

I don't wanna be a vessel any more. 

I don't wanna be a vessel any more. 

These are my words, 

this is my mouth. 

I don't wanna be a vessel now. 

And I may not see the future 

but I see its lonely architect 

at the door of my house. 

I don't want to be a vessel any more. 

I don't want to be a vessel every day. 

Truly I never dreamt 

of all the damn accoutrement, 

how it weren't for myself, 

for the shadow. 

I laid it all at your feet, 

on your neck and your cheek 

but the burning branch wouldn't speak to me 

I don't wanna be a vessel any more. 

I don't wanna be a vessel any more. 

These are my walls, 

this is my house. 

I don't wanna be a vessel now. 

And I may not see the future 

but I see its lonely architect 

at the foot of my hell. 

I don't wanna be a vessel any more. 

Didn't wanna be a vessel any way.