I've come to know why
The strange bird cries
When she listens to the sound
Of the waves at night
Breaking on the shore
Like a herd stampeding
Hooves to the rhythm of the bird's wings beating
Beating, beating
I'm hoping that she sees me
Wrapped around my heart is a centipede, feeding
Feeding, feeding, feeding
It eats me up
Every sound that you make
I can hear your heartache breaking
Shivering, shaking
Babe, I hope you're giving what you're taking away
Every move that you make
I can feel my heartache mending
Melting, bending
Babe, are you getting what I'm sending your way?
It'll be ok
She says she'll see me in the morning
Thunderheads ahead of us
Crashing and forming
Forming, forming
Maybe it's a warning
Heard you slippin into bed
Early in the mo(u)rning
Mo(u)rning, mo(u)rning
Come divide the night
Crying at the sight
Of a concrete bird in flight
Every sound that you make
I can hear your heartache breaking
Shivering, shaking
Babe, I hope you're giving what you're taking away
Every move that you make
I can feel my heartache mending
Melting, bending
Babe, are you getting what I'm sending your way?