I came to find a friend To interrupt the ending I didn't know it then How skilfully I could pretend Thought I would stay the same A reptile dressed in cotton Shy of the summer sun The heat of hands so long forgotten There was an open door The room was thick with breathing Creature you sitting there And I was scared of staying And I was scared of leaving You were a jolt of pain To shock me into feeling And now my scaled skin Is soft as milk and sure of bleeding Falling I fear I'm more than A perfect warning Of what it means To give it all Your thoughts Your lungs Your lips Your limbs Oh won't you take my everything I'm never going back again