The Jezabels – Hurt Me lyrics

Oh my love is that a vulture? Don't tell me it's a vulture
Standing beside you, oh
And do you see your own face in his eyes?
Do you see him like I do? Oh

It used to be that, when you said you believed it
I would believe it too
It used to be that, when you said you were leaving
I'd want to follow you

But never where the dogs bark, never where the dogs barking, oh

And I remember praying at the dinner table
For you to come around
Maybe pat me on the back
When you're able

Now I've a dream of you with half a face
And you take me to a rooftop and skin me
Come on, Abel, are you going to skin me
And use it as a mask to keep you in the dark
When the shadow of the moon won't do?

Cause on you, the moon is but a pearl
Stolen from your mother's bedside
The day you came into the world
And still now I can hear the dogs bark, I can hear the dogs barking, oh

And I remember praying at the dinner table
For you to come around
Maybe pat me on the back
When you're able

Whole cities light up
But nothing can compare to you, baby
So I stay waiting
Laying on the dinner table
Waiting for you to hurt me

Come on, Abel, hurt me, hurt me, hurt me
Come on down to the world
Hurt me, come on, Abel, cut me, cut me, serve me 'round the table

And now it's laying on the table
Waiting for you on the table
To carve it up and watch the spray go across the riverbed

And sweet aromas fill the halls
From all the bodies that came before
And that's the body, I swear that's the body

I remember, it was laying on the dinner table
And when you came around, said you'll be doing fine when you're able

Oh whole cities light up
But nothing can compare to you, baby
So I stay waiting, laying on the dinner table

Hurt me, hurt me, hurt me
Cut me, cut me, serve me