To lay my head on a stranger's chest An island of bones To make this ocean feel like home See I've been figuring out How much I've come to turn things down For fear of spilling out For fear of speaking much too loud To lay my dress on a stranger's bed A blanket of skin To keep me warm To keep me in See I've been figuring out How much I've come to turn things down For fear of spilling out For fear of speaking much too loud Now my voice has fallen out Can you teach me how to shout Or dissolve me into sound Of the birds of the bees Of the murderous waves As she flees from the scene To the guiltless embrace Of the sand of the sea Now she's all that she was meant to be I'm so afraid of what she'll think of me That I can barely breathe And I can hardly speak And what if she can't hear me If I never let her near me And what if she can't hear me If I never let her near me And what if she can't hear me