New Born - Elbow

I'll be the corpse in your bathtub 
Useless 
I'll be as deaf as a post 
If you hold me like a newborn 
Whisper what you feel 
My badly strung declaration 
To You 
You'll spend the end of your days 
Gently smiling like a newborn 
Love not by degrees 

Press your lips 
To my eyes 
Taste my tears 
On your tongue, 
Pull the blinds 
Play our song 
Nothings changed 
Nothing could be wrong. 

Scream in the night 
Kick and skrike 
Like a newborn 
Holding me shaking 
Awake in the dark 
All of these promises 
Kept and unbroken 
Tracing the scars 
Tracing the scars 
Even and cold 
As we both become older. 
Your arms bound about me 
The hush in your voice. 
The warmth of your fingers 
Entwined around mine 
In the eve of our lives 
Never a choice.