Sphinxes guarding my world
They have no tongues
But you hear their songs
And your blood recedes, curled
And your fear of publicly exposed
Your protection is short tail
My world is the Holy Grail,
Full of poison and enclosed

We could protect ourselves from all
When we touch this forbidding wall
When we kiss it and slowly crawl
When we cry and we’re silent louder
When time will cease to exist
We’ll be forever young as my Sphinx
And we’ll not have to sing
To become a part of each other

The shame comes with the dawn
Feel the silence is short
You’re the one I want in my world
And you all I need when I’m gone