Hate That Smell

I hate that smell after it rains
Yeah, just let me be alone now

I wring out the sleeves of my partially dry clothes
Sprawl in the corner and screw my eyes shut
The room´s warm air coils around me, with some of you twined in
I wanted to lock away that warmth that might cool me off
Even in this heat, I´m trembling

I hate that smell after it rains
An accidental perfume that might vanish any minute
Just thinking of that instant when you touched me
The fading rain-patter echoes and re-echoes the pounding in my chest

If only I could get a full glass of water, and dissolve you in it
And drink you up one slow mouthful at a time
Stay by me... My feelings always run on ahead of me
And then even my skin is a maddening obstacle
I want to feel, with my whole body, everything that might come
I hate that stupid rainbow bridge on the sky
There´s not one of you would take me along when you cross it
Compared to reality, plastered over with platitudes, I´d rather drown in an ash-grey sea where secrets can be spoken

One side of the tight-shut window, silence enfolds the world
A weak beam of light pokes in; please, light, stay away
Let me be alone

I hate that smell after it rains
An accidental perfume that might vanish any minute
Just thinking of that instant when you touched me
The fading rain-patter echoes and re-echoes the pounding in my chest