Still Heart - Cree Summer

Couldn’t find where to rub myself

I didn’t want to close my eyes

I would scream just to shake myself

Just to wake myself inside

Broken into human parts

I was sheltered by his chin

Lives spent in wet cement underneath his skin

Still on my neck the breath of the dead

Even as blood and bone

I can tolerate a still heart

But I can’t stand being alone

Open me up anywhere you wish

Take out anything you like

Seal me up when you’re through

Leave a little room for surprise

Made myself new one too many times

To swallow his breath away

I left too much space upon my back

To ever make him want to stay

Still on my neck the breath of the dead

Even as blood and bone

I can tolerate a still heart

But I can’t stand being alone