To Leave You

i have built myself a fortress

where i've been hiding

where i've been safe, sound

but now you've dug yourself a hollow in my garden

so you can swim in darkness

and i've placed myself beside it

to hold your hand if you come out, if you come out

i don't know for who i'm longing

is it you or your reflection in my mind?

but i know now, what i am hoping for

building cages 'round my chest to leave you out

to leave you, to leave

i must build myself a new house

with a fence and alarms

round the edge so you can't come

i'll have torches in the ceilings

so i can swim in visions

of you with your inside out

naked and screaming and fighting me, frightening me

i don't know for who i’m longing

is it you or your reflection in my mind?

but i know now, what i am hoping for

building cages round my chest to leave you out

to leave you, to leave

i don’t know for who i’m longing

is it you or your reflection in my mind?

but i know now, what i am hoping for

i'm building cages round my chest to leave you out

to leave you, to leave