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Bare Lyrics by Danez Smith

Don’t Call Us Dead

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For you I’d send my body to battle
my body, let my blood sing of tearing

itself apart, the hollowing cords
of the white knights’ intravenous joist.

love, I want & barely know how
to do much else. Don’t speak to me

about the raid you could loose on me
a clan of drunk rebel cells who thirst

to watch their home burn. love,
let me burn if it means you

& I have one night with no barrier
but skin. This is not about danger

but about faith, about being wasted
on your name. If love is a room

of broken glass, leave me to dance
until my feet are memory.

If love is a hole wide enough
to be a god’s mouth, let me plunge

into that holy dark & forget
the color of light. Love, stay

in me until our bodies forget
what divides us, until your blood

is my blood & your hands
are my hands, until our names

are the same song & our life’s work
be to lay & be, hum & die.

About “Bare” by Danez Smith

Read the complete lyrics to "Bare" by Danez Smith from the album "Don’t Call Us Dead". On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Poetry, Non-Music.

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"Bare" appears on "Don’t Call Us Dead".

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