Your heart is faint Like the soft faint light Attendant to the end Of some dying star And your mind is blank Like the humble face Attendant to your end And his quiet words said O'er your body when you're dead Galaxies of grief Like diamonds clear and clean You tried to spit them out Exhale then breathed them in You're precious, weak, and thin And you're an empty building then Like your body when you're dead And they blow your chest Out like a flat balloon And if your ribs would break You'd spill your life, as from a dam And your thoughts grow dark Like the deepest of caves Attendant to the end Of some awful thing At the bottom of the world Silent, still, and strange Like your body when you're dead Galaxies of grief Like anxious little fish You tried to spit them out Exhale then breathe them in They're beautiful and blind You're a flooded river then Like your body when you're dead And they blow your chest Out like a black balloon And if your ribs would break You'd spill your life, as from a dam And you drop to the ground Just like a wounded bird And if your ribs would break You'd be a perfect vessel then