fierce and untamed, i stand on the stage
performing my biggest play, with tears in my eyes and heartache on the tip of my tongue

and you see me burning,
arched body and aching spine
bent towards you as my final reverence

and you shout and shout and you shout
the words i didn't mean to be yours
you took them all

if we die tonight, at least we'll die good

take the words
and take my body, take my heart and my cigarettes and all the love i've wasted and all the things i made

you
be that sweet death of mine