As Close As This - The Mutton Birds

You drew some kind of circle

Three times 'round the house

Some kind of line in the sand

That no one else but I could cross

No one saw me coming

No one said my name

But if I had died in that house

It would have taken some time to explain

Helplessly watching

While you put on your stockings

As close as this

As close as this

We went to the hot springs

Where the tourists flock

The heat pushing out from the centre of the earth

Held back by a few feet of rock

Endlessly glowing

The red rock fell in

As close as this

As close as this

As close to me as you are standing now

Brighter than Times Square

And the noise was everywhere

I have no habits

As I always say

But I reached for you

Like the first cigarette of the very first day

The dawning of the world

After the longest kiss

But I escaped through ten backyards

Before I knew that I’d be missed

Rowing my boat

Across the lake of fire

As close as this

As close as this

It was as close as this

As close as this

As close to me as you are standing now

Brighter than Times Square

And the noise was everywhere