Death Row - Jesca Hoop

Narrowly, I escaped inevitable utter

And total ruin, though not left unscathed

My name and face kept intact by benevolent cowardice

We wore our Sunday best encircled your chrysalis

But you slept through the crisis

You will take a breath, you’ll take your very first breath

You’ll take a breath, once you’ve inhaled water

May you have a good death, a very good death

As the dust’s settling, I’m tip-toeing my way

Back to controlled environs the smug and relief

When a voice stops me in my tracks

And laughter bounds from the wreckage

We came out Easter dressed, now how could you second guess

A well-timed metamorphosis

You will learn to laugh, you’ll get a belly-aching laugh

You’ll learn to laugh once you’ve finished crying

May you have a good death, a very good death

Throw the baby out with the bath

Stones in a house of glass, lean into the cracks

And let the sky fall in

All I would die for replaced by virtual, immaculate imitation

My tryptophan teeth

And comatose lips firmly latched 'round the teat of a comfort

Whore, we waited all night long for you at rock bottom

Consoling your swan song

You will get a kiss, you’ll get your very first kiss

You’ll get a kiss once you’ve endured falling

May you have a good death, a very good death

Throw the baby out with the bath

Stones in a house of glass, lean into the cracks

Stones in a house of glass, lean into the cracks

Stones in a house of glass, lean into the cracks

Stones in a house of glass, lean into the cracks

And let the sky fall in