LYRIC DIVE: I bleed

art by TINA BERNING

"I BLEED" - PIXIES

As loud as hell, a ringing bell;

Behind my smile it shakes my teeth

And all the while as vampires feed ... I bleed.

Prithee, my dear, why are we here?

Nobody knows, we go to sleep

As breathing flows, my mind secedes ... I bleed.

There's a place in the buried west in a cave

With a house in it, in the clay
The holes of hands, you can place a hand in hand ... I bleed.