can i get you anything to eat or to drink
or to amuse your mouth in any way
that's not the only part of you i wish to please
but if your lips are happy it's a good place to start
in the dark i read a love poem for you
you say that's real sweet but this will never do
you tell me you think the world of me
but this night should stay special and unique
refrain:
and you rest on the substance kiss
you rest on the substance kiss
do you know the kind of bliss
i get from the substance kiss
i dreamt of you happy with your best friend
you gave every shoulder you could lend
still i stumbled clumsy at your fingers
distracted by birds folded in paper
refrain
why do your eyes play those games
with the hollow of my breastbone when it's already so frightened?
how do your crooked lips force my insides straight?
would your mouth bleed just to be close to mine?
are there things you wish you could say?
do you know how beautiful you are to me?
refrain
do you know the kind of bliss
that turns you inside out
it's here, it's here
19/9/98 copyright Sarah K. Stefanson SOCAN 1998
sarah says: Substance Kiss is the hidden track on "broken like a starfish". it wasn't originally intended to be on the album. it was written when recording had already started and, after playing it at a couple shows, i realized that it couldn't NOT be on the cd. my only six string song. it's about that remarkable phenomenon where someone is telling you that they love you, they think you're a wonderful, beautiful person, but somehow, they just don't want to be your boyfriend.
