First Time

first time

love is a father
who reads me a book
and turns the page
with the wet of his thumb
love is a mother
who lets me lie on her leg
on a long afternoon
brushing waves into my hair

this isn’t the first time
this isn’t the first time
this ain’t what I’m used to
almost fooled me
i might let you use me

love is a friend
who knows how i feel
but waits for me to speak
love is the rain
that quenches the grave
a full suit in the shower
to feel alive again

this isn’t the first time
this isn’t the first time
this ain’t what I’m used to
almost fooled me
i might let you use me

love is so far
it lives out of state
up close were human
from heaven a stain
pleasure can seduce the mind
but it injures the brain
i’d let you injure me
if it would take away this pain

this isn’t the first time
this isn’t the first time
this ain’t what I’m used to
almost fooled me
i might let you use me
my whole life