Gills

Cosmic fish swim through space
And leave behind in their wakes
Spit and blood and sweat and tears
I put them into this song right here
Houseplants die faster around me
It's not my fault
They don't say that they're thirsty
Geisha girl in a Ghibli film
The koi in the pond tend to bleed from the gills
Oh no...

This fantasy is all I deserve
She's a nice young lady, or so I've heard
But I talk better with the written word
I stu- I stu- I stu-
I stutter around her
Still, if poetry is what speaks to you,
I can craft haikus and sonnets, too
And if storytelling is what you crave
I've been- I've been-
I've been writing all goddamn day!

She's more Mieko Kawakami
I lean towards Dazai
A battle theme plays when they wield knives
Angelic catgirls are fighting way up in the sky
Tragedy is pretty
Hero cult of Achilles
An obsession with classical antiquity
What's this name mean to ya?
Have you heard of Caligula?
Do you get nervous at all when you talk to me?

Half a mortal and a half-blood prince
Your other half's a fairy tale
But the whole truth is
I want to feel the ridges of your fingertips
I want- I want- I want- I want-
I want your kiss
Now, tr-tragically,
It's time to start panicking
I've shared too much
I hope you're not mad at me
No words from her mouth, but I understood
She don't- she don't like me the way I wish she would
I guess all I will say is that I can't regret it
Because I promised that I wouldn't
When I first had said it
It just kills me 'cause it's oh so pathetic
And I know- I know-
I know that I'll never forget it
But I would do it all again
Like, infinity times
Because there's a universe where I make you mine
And I wouldn't know if this was it unless I tried
But now I've got- I've got-
I've got to say goodbye