it's dripping off my neck
boiling water's tongue
the skin as dry as my breath
a rattling from my lung
the leaves moan in the water
as the cattle irrigates
chaste and pure and honest
a libertine palpitates
and i can be the water
above this cup of tea
sand and crimes
watch me uncover
astride this desperate smile
wind and chimes
drink me in time
feed the solemn land
with lazarus' delight
the tea from mary's breast
catechizes the tide
'cause the leaves moan in the water
as the cattle irrigates
chaste and pure and honest
a libertine palpitates
and i can be the water
above this cup of tea
sand and crimes
watch me uncover
astride this desperate smile
wind and chimes
leave me in time