When the Dead Come Alive Lyrics

Here's to you

I raise my glass

But now you have to go

You can't kiss me and say that, he says

You can't tell me there'll be no show

I see a blue crescent moon

A scar smile across his throat

Each hand wrings the other

Like a baker working dough

And there we are

Struggling on the bed

My dress

Torn open at the next

I'm strong as the dead

But I must shut my eyes

Because it hurts, it hurts, it hurts

When the dead come alive

He's holding me down

My knees clamped together

We have all night he says

We have forever

His fingers gripping my arm

His knee pushed between mine

We have all night he says

We have time

This is just a game

I shut my eyes

This is just a game

For a worthless prize

I'm strong as the dead

But I must shut my eyes

Because it hurts, it hurts, it hurts

When the dead come alive

Now that wasn't so bad he says

As he straightens his tie

He is looking in the glass

I put my arm over my eyes

I don't want to see him go

In case he says good night

The door shuts without a word

I turn over onto my side

I make myself as small as possible

I draw my knees up to my chin

My mouth is swollen and bleeding

From where it was bitten

There's blood on the white sheets

There's blood on your handkerchief

I'm strong as the dead

But I must shut my eyes

Because it hurts, it hurts, it hurts

When the dead come alive