Alexander Nelson - Portrait Lyrics

Put your lips onto cheek and then just hold me close
And swallow all of my confusions, you said you wanted those?
Let me be real, I'm not enough, my torches stay lit
That's what i feel when I hear love and all that real shit

Take the rope I'm using to hang my dreams, tie it in knots
Make a daisy chain bursting at seams, forget me not
I'm a laser brain that's trained for darkened screams, I hear the rot
Of criminal gutter drains that fill all my scenes, but then I stop.

And I wonder
Why I let doves pass me by so I snatch them
And then I try to get my love to be mine when I catch them
But I'm too busy paying rent, can't give time enough to scratch them
I'd rather go and pitch my tent, draw my lines, yeah, but what then?

I'm full of fancy flashes in some phantom patches
But then it turns
I'm grounded when I glance at gashes granting passes
Let it burn
I'm psycho sorry sipping stupid sloppy seconds
Live and learn
I double down, I'm dipping through the dropping decadence

Put your hand onto my chest and then just hold me tight
Let go of all my desire, that's what you told me right?
Pass me my drink, give me a hug, and say my dick's big
That's what I think when i hear love and all that real shit

I'm on a bus that's headed north
I'll find my heaven soon
I'm passing angels going forth almost every afternoon.
But then I'm caught up in these thought up hollow houses filled with friends
Those early ends, they'll reach the early double thousands soon

Yeah your sunshine civility
Is every time really killing me
Your moonlight fake mystery
It ain't got any history
You got skyscraper ideals
But we both know they ain't real
You got skyscraper ideals
And no room for how others feel

But that's me, really; I don't think I can stay mad
I mean honestly
I'm jealous of the hellish fiends that can stay bad
And I'm hoping
That one day all of these Sundays won't be wasted
I'm getting closer
My dreams all sunlight, seems I'll nearly taste them
See it showing?

So put your body in my arms and let me carry you
I'll take your world upon my back, think I can carry two?
I'm like a god, and with a word I know I'll keep it
That's what I thought when what I heard was all that deep shit

But give your soul another go, I know I'll do it right
Lets tell each other what we know, wanna hang out tonight?
Try not to blink into the mirrors that I hang around
Ask what you think when you go near the glass and make a sound

Put your lips onto cheek and then just hold me close
Lock our hands into our hearts in a silver repose
Let's take it slow, give me your trust, but not your pain yet
'Cause now I know when I hear love I'll probably change it