These Soft Machines - Acretongue

These eyes tell lies

They hide what should not be free

Believe what you want to see

These hands draw plans

To escape from a devious deal

A wound they can never heal

These lips

Let slip

Revealing the signs you’ve missed

Were sealed with a devil’s kiss

For something that starts off so soft and so clean

We abuse and misuse these soft machines

There’s no in-between

For something that ends up to hurt and mislead

We’ll feed it with mistrust to plant a seed

The rest we don’t need

This skin — within

We hide what we want to feel

So scared we won’t ever heal

This heart — soft part

Things caught in the web it weaves

Will die if they cannot breathe