Salt And Sugar lyrics

The leather's cold against the skin A cage for everything within Wrapped in shadow, shielded eyes Measuring the pulse in silent lies I smell the fear beneath the white A temporary star in my long night Oh, the pulse is a rhythm I can't ignore Blood like wine spilled on a studio floor It's a vibrant drumming, the heart's own beat Leading me to where the salt and sugar meet Drink the beauty, breathe the pain We are eternal in this scarlet rain In this scarlet rain, the microphone is cold against my lip I feel the edge, I feel my spirit slip Blonde hair falls like a silken shroud Far away from the living, from the crowd The air is thick with a hunger I can taste I yield a life I was afraid to waste Oh, the pulse is a rhythm I can't ignore Blood like wine spilled on a studio floor It's a vibrant drumming, the heart's own beat Leading me to where the salt and sugar meet Drink the beauty, breathe the pain We are eternal in this scarlet rain, in this scarlet rain The vintage mic captures my dying sigh I see the truth in a dead man's eye One last breath for the ghost I'll become To the beat of the vibrant drum Thelights are dimming on the brickwork wall We rise together as the shadows fall The leather, the blood, the vintage steel This is the only thing that's real