Joe Henry - Scare me to death lyrics

I've seen the best

And the worst you can be,

And all while you're getting

the better of me.

You're fragile but wicked

And fleeting as breath,

And you move up behind me

And scare me to death.

You're fragile but wicked

And fleeting as breath,

And you move up behind me

And scare me to death

At war between all good intentions

And greed,

My love is the kind

Where want becomes need.

Where lust takes the toll

Of a quick stolen breath,

You stir within me

And scare me to death.

Where lust takes the toll

Of a quick stolen breath,

You stir within me

And scare me to death

A dose now of either heart or of mind

Can be lethal, it seems, if they're not combined.

They show but contempt when consideredas two,

And pretend that each is the other to you..

Now, you spit in your hands

And haul on the rope.

And fill up my cup

With the worst kind of hope.

You lift me with words

I haven't found yet,

I fall like your shadow

And you scare me to death.

You sleep here beside me

And scare me to death.

You sleep here beside me

And you scare me to death.