Waltzing Until Then: Cathy Catharsis

Cathy Catharsis

A knock on the door
Don’t pull out the spare mattress
Just hold me, she says
Her face looks terrible
How long has it been…
Since the last time that you’ve eaten?
–Just hold me, she says
Hold me like you did before
Things haven’t quite gone to plan
And I’ve been drinking about you
I’ve been drinking about you
Loosing my weekends
And everything is piling up

Should not give the benefit of the doubt
To friends with benefits

Cathy Catharsis
With kisses of arsenic
Cathy Catharsis
With kisses of arsenic
Likes them young and able
Dearest enabler

Been living clean
Said goodbye to the meetings
She scolds you and says
You only put a lid on a hole
Like a bear pit
You’ve covered it up with leaves
With midnight hounds on your heels
It’s like you cannot wait to fall
Misery likes company
And I’ve been drinking about you
I’ve been drinking about you
Don’t play the victim
You’re still the one who opened the door

(Bridge)
Promised it was just for one night
A little taste of the good old times
Throw a little dirt in the hole
To cover up the frozen eyes

Should not give the benefit of the doubt
To ghosts with benefits

Cathy Catharsis
With kisses of arsenic
Cathy Catharsis
With kisses of arsenic
Takes them young and able
Dearest enabler


June 27, 2009