Mountain Spines - Marika Hackman

There’s a place in our minds where the sun ceases to shine

And the mountains of our spines are casting shadows

There’s a fortress in the sea and a lake that beats with the green

Of a million hundred eyes, I’m not right now in the air

I’m not allowed to be scared anymore

I am afraid of your flood

Let me hold back the tears I’m sitting on

I will be plagued with your blood in the end

In the end

There’s a mistress in a bed with a thousand pounds on her head

On a poster on the wall above the light switch

The sheets are damp and old and her skin is freckled with mould

But the queue outside the door stretches right out to the sea

I’m not allowed to be scared anymore

I am afraid of your flood

Let me hold back the tears I’m sitting on

I will be plagued with your blood in the end

In the end