The Butcher Lyrics - Emblems - Matt Pond Pa

open up till midnight 

the butcher waits for someone's desperation 

that goes beyond control 

speaking is an invitation 

under fluorescent lights 

you can't wash out his desire 

where bodies are indecent 

and they are not in decline 

from behind the counter he thought you whispered you want more 

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cut out the brights of the oncoming cars on the highway 

lightness is forced when you cut out the lines in the paper 

cut the split seconds 

the ones over-filled 

when you thought you were caught with unknowable thrills 

instead you get absence 

soft haze in the face 

the lines in your head have to all be replaced 

cleave the dry stone to a promise 

that an answer soon will follow 

grave attention is still focused 

on the flashlight and the cold fortune 

down the streets on prospect 

the butcher walks home 

orange in the streetlight 

even knows it in the dark 

proves it with his eyes closed 

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he puts his red coat downstairs 

goes up into his bedroom 

undresses and folds his arms 

as if it could impress you 

from under the covers he thought you whispered you want more