Well, my eyes won't pretend I didn't know you were close I can smell your breath Through a freshly painted door Stand here in your hast While I pour three more glasses of Burgundy And you can lick the dust from my bottle Wall's bricked in books, pages bricked in words Each mark is stained in your honor Ground shadow staggers restless From the window, across the candle to the corner My blood and water's warm as you near me I'm not begging for mercy I see no love of mercy in you I'm not begging for mercy I'm only waiting for the sound Of the morning birds to send you away Wax is cooled, hard Sights is going past the yard In this house I make more shadows than you Stand there in your coat While I pour from the second burgundy And you can rattle the glass 'cross your belly I'm not begging for mercy I see no love of mercy in you I'm not begging for mercy I'm only waiting for the sound Of the morning birds to send you away I'm not begging for mercy I'm really not begging for mercy I'm only waiting for the sound Of the morning birds to swallow you whole