Your Lover's Back

You move your fingers in the night

Along your lover’s back.

The gentle shapes hid from the light

Along your lover’s back.

You spell the words you long to say

Along your lover’s back.

You write the words you dare not speak

Along your lover’s back.

You curse yourself the strength you lack

And touch your lover’s back.

A gentle kiss from tear salt lips

Pressed on your lover’s back.

Your lover’s back, your lover’s back

Your finger makes its track.

A smile breaks out across your face

‘Cos now your lover’s back.

The sleeping body’s rise and fall

Marks out your lover’s back.

A breathing shadow on the wall

Cast from your lover’s back.

You spell the letters out again

Along your lover’s back

And hope they sink inside the skin

Of your lover’s back.

Your lover’s back, your lover’s back

Your finger makes its track.

A smile breaks out across your face

‘Cos now your lover’s back.

Amid the silence of the night

You brush your lover’s back

And for a moment fear takes flight

Now your lovers back.

You pray the Lord your soul to keep

Now your lover’s back

And then you drift away to sleep

Against your lover’s back.

Your lover’s back, your lover’s back

Your finger makes its track.

A smile breaks out across your face

‘Cos now your lover’s back.

Lyrics by Vin Murtagh ©2012