Closer to the Bone
Ah but your face is so hollow and gray
I hate to see you looking this way
You nod your head just as if you heard
but you're not listening to a single word
Cause it's closer to the bone
Closer to the bone
Closer than I could ever be
Closer to you than you are to me
You're taking that poison they told you would help
It's killing you quicker than sickness itself
You say that you're fighting, but all I can see
is someone who's slipping away from me
Cause it's closer to the bone
Closer to the bone
Closer than pleasure, closer than pain
Closer than the blood running through your veins
Closer than your breath is to the air
closer than the future we thought we'd share
closer than the bed where we sleep at night
closer than your sex and your appetite
Your smile's too tight, it's only a mask
You'd just deny it if I bothered to ask
Still you can't fool me, I know that you're shaken
Your very soul has been overtaken
Cause it's closer to the bone
Closer to the bone
It's closer than a lover, closer than a friend
It's bringing you closer to your end
Writer/s: Al Basile
