Mephisto in the Water

This spring
Holds a killer in her claws

She comes up with the river
That climbs the mountainside
She climbs up the ribs, climbs up the lips
With a swing in her hips

The springtime, the springtime is here
And sprung from my chest is the flood

Is the sudden Styx, the
My heart is a beak in a mouth that sings (My heart)

Hey, what do you see? What do you hear?
The sound of the sea or the sound of your hot
Hot, hot, hot, hot (Are you counting yourself?)
Hot nervous, nervous system?

The water, the water, the waves
Release her, release her from me

Are you counting yourself? (Counting yourself)
The spring, spring

I cover my ears (Cover my ears)
And open my mouth (Open my mouth)
But death seeps into my voice
Like it's floating in saltwater
Ooh, water

When I slip into the water
Covered by the gentle waves
I form a trail, a secret
Pattern that passes right through you
Driftwood, timbre, limbs, and salt make
A black vegetable soup of hair and teeth

I run out to you
I run out to them
I run out of bullets
I run out of you
I run out of you
I run out of you
I run out of you
I