Can I steal your mind?
And can I crawl down inside?
And when I am your child,
Can I feed in your eye?
And can I drink the air,
Down in your cold black lung?
And can I breathe the sweet,
Sick and lonesome blood?
Love is everywhere.
No, we will never escape.
I love you more than my life.
No, we will never escape...
Can I cut out the core,
And steal the food in your head,
And curl my body inside,
Down where it's dark and it's wet?
I love you more than your life.
I love your body and mind.
I love you more than your life.
No, we will never escape.
And can I crawl down inside?
And when I am your child,
Can I feed in your eye?
And can I drink the air,
Down in your cold black lung?
And can I breathe the sweet,
Sick and lonesome blood?
Love is everywhere.
No, we will never escape.
I love you more than my life.
No, we will never escape...
Can I cut out the core,
And steal the food in your head,
And curl my body inside,
Down where it's dark and it's wet?
I love you more than your life.
I love your body and mind.
I love you more than your life.
No, we will never escape.
It's about sex, (re)birth, and the destruction of self.
There's a version of this song on the Pigface album Notes From Thee Underground with Gira doing the vocals, inexplicably re-titled 'Empathy' Can't decide which I prefer
An intro to the song Empathy. About a woman having a daughter and trying to insert herself desperately inside of her skin to live her youth and beauty once again.