The clock stops
No tick-tock
Every time
Every time
You sleep with me
Come back, come back
And sleep with me
Turn the past inside out
Make it shudder and make it shout
No warning shots
No clanging bells
Just you and me
Outside our shells
The days are short and the nights are long
A lonely, mournful train-wreck song
The clickety-clack on the one-way tracks
Silenced up and down your arms
Every time
Every time
You sleep with me.
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