Honey Holds Every Nerve

Verse 1

Lowered

roots tangled in my hair

Weight, pressure, soil pressing skin

One word, thought fades into another

All my marrow thickens

Aching ache, again

Buried alive but not alive

Amber seeps, sweet seeps

Cannot move, cannot decay

One breath

Two

Endure

Chorus

Sweet earth won’t let us sleep

We are sealed, warm and slow

Still feeling, still awake

Honey holds every nerve

Honey holds every nerve

Post-Chorus

Still

Still we wait

Still we wait

Held deep, held down

Verse 2

Hear them coming—

they leave, they speak, they fade

Old prayers tangled in wet grass

Dreams collapse, collapse, collapse

Everything is pressing

Chest caves for years

Cracks in the wood,

drip of golden nectar

Bones humming under mud

I sense worms writhe

I feel teeth loosen

Chorus

Sweet earth won’t let us sleep

We are sealed, warm and slow

Still feeling, still awake

Honey holds every nerve

Honey holds every nerve

Post-Chorus

Still

Still we wait

Still we wait

Warmth becomes weight

Bridge

Memory

Stripped, scattered, smothered

Memory

Still stirs, stings, settles

Nothing is sharp

Nothing is fading

All together— (all together—)

We are pressed in

We forget, we linger, we endure

No one is gone

No one is gone

Chorus

Sweet earth won’t let us sleep

We are sealed, warm and slow

Still feeling, still awake

Honey holds every nerve

Honey holds every nerve

Outro

Mouth sealed shut

Tongue tastes gold

Still

Still we wait

Earth above

Honey below

Still

We do not sleep

Outro/Post-Chorus

Still feeling

Still waiting

Still held