Made for Me - Bambara

I watch you cry again

In the only bar tonight that’s slow

Wearing the dress I met you in

All those years ago

Now you say, «If there is a Hell

That’s where you’ll be

Consumed by pain you never felt but

You caused in me»

Lit cigarettes will rain

As you feed my bones to hungry strays

You’ll kiss each one and give them names

Using my ribs for games

Try to read some stranger’s thoughts

Through his piss-drunk, pale-eyed stare

Then I order another shot

And I start to pet your hair, «There, there»

You plucked me out of the wind

Like some insect whirling by, yeah

Though I never stopped stinging

You kept me alive

Lit cigarettes will rain

On a field where horses roam untamed

See you running with them through the flames

Wildflowers in their manes

As you lead the stampede my way

Or maybe it’s shivers and snow

An ocean of ice on frostbitten toes

Where whales sing their sad songs beneath my feet

And a girl with long dark hair

Glides between them with ease

Hey

When Death comes driving through

Saying, «Son, take a seat»

I’ll say, «Only if you’re heading to

The Hell she made for me»

Your cigarettes will rain

Burning holes into my face

Hold out my tongue like an ashtray

Try to taste your lips through the pain