I have never known peace like the damned I have never known peace like the damned It's a damp grasp that yields to me I have never known hunger like these insects that feast on me A thousand teeth and yours among them I know Our hunger's appeased, our heartbeat's becoming slow We lay here for years or for hours, thrown here or found, to freeze or to thaw So long we'd become the flowers, two corpses we were, two corpses I saw They'd find us in a week when the weather gets hot After the insects have made their claims, I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you I have never known sleep like the slumber that creeps to me I have never known color like this morning reveals to me And you haven't moved an inch, such that I would not know If you sleep always like this, the flesh calmly going cold We lay here for years or for hours, your hand in my hand, so still and discreet So long we'd become the flowers, we'd feed well the land and worry the sheep They'd find us in a week when the cattle show fear After the insects have made their claim, after the foxes have known our taste I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you They'd find us in a week or for hours, when the weather gets hot So long we'd become the flowers, they'd find us in a week or for hours So long we'd become the flowers, they'd find us in a week When the buzzards get loud After the insects have made their claim, after the foxes have known our taste After the raven has had its say, I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you I'd be home with you, I'd be home with you I'd be home with you