Counterparts - Swim Beneath My Skin

How comforting it feels to breathe with hands around my neck.
Sleepwalk your way around my arteries if you're restless.
Dig through me.
Swim beneath my skin in the precipitation I've graciously gathered.
I won't let you drown inside me.
Useless blood will fade like a dark cloud that has purged itself of rain.
Humanity will bathe in our transparency.
Positioned over trenches, we allow our wounds to drain.
Searching for a virgin conduit in vain.
How comforting it feels to breathe with your knees upon my chest.
When consciousness disguises itself as paralysis.
Dig through me.
Swim beneath my skin in the precipitation I've graciously gathered.
I won't let you drown inside me.
Positioned over trenches so we can purge ourselves of rain.
Falling from our wounds through empty arteries, you are the blood my heart bleeds.