Skyla at the window

    

    You know he's gone now...

she smiled
and looked further out the window

Yeah - i know...

her chin quivered
and a tear swelled

    Skyla, look at me...

she looked
she looked down
she looked back out the window

You know he once beat me for
so long & so hard
that when he tried to stop 
& tell me that he loved me
he couldn't,
he tried but he was so out of breath
that he couldn't

that motherfucker...

i was swollen & bleeding
i was bruised & half-naked
and i could see it in his eyes that
he thought i looked pretty,
i knew that fucking look,
it was maniacal & tender

do people really love?
i mean - he loved me?
... that's love?
is there love in a beating?
is that what they're feeling?

It felt like winter in my head,
cold & numb.
That question stood stranded
somewhere in between us.

(she sang)    Poison petals
                    Shoulder devils
                    Angels from on High

                    Come for me
                    They come for me
                    With which one shall i die?