Anyanka - The Speed of Sound in Seawater

You’re a part of me

I don’t know what I would be

If you abandoned me I think I’d

Do something terrible

I’m a part of you

You must feel this way too

Still, there’s some disconnect

I can’t keep what I say in check

Suddenly amorous feelings transform into

Why can’t I have you right now?

I’m so drawn to you

Your sweetness cuts me right through

I’m damned.

It’s bleak.

It’s dark

Someday you’ll rip out my still beating heart

Then all at once I feel instantly better

I hear you outside on the porch

When our duplicate gazes align

I can’t bear it

When you’re closing your hand around mine

I can’t bear it

When you’re warming my cheek with your breath

I can’t bear it

It’s scaring me half to death

And I can’t bear it

When the change comes

I’ll go completely numb

You’ll think, «I've never seen him look

So vulnerable before»

I’ll ask, «Why» and «how»

«Why are you doing this now?»

«I built myself around you

Now all of it is just a souvenir.»

Time itself will stop

You could hear a pin drop

But all I hear is the sound of the air

Deflating out of me

I’ll watch with sparkling eyes

As the light in yours dies

Already I’ve become

A fond and fading memory