A Spindle, A Darkness, A Fever, And A Necklace (Companion Version)

You turn on a spindle
You're so much looser now
But you're not explaining how
You gained such new repose

I touched the clasp of your locket
Where this picture held
Some secret you wouldn't tell
But let it choke your neck

So we imagine a darkness
Where all shapes divide
Solids changing into light
With a burst of heat so bright

Well, fine, don't you do
What I want you to
Don't degrade yourself
The way I do
'Cause you don't depend
Upon all the shit that I use
To make my moods improve

Near a sea of pianos
There were waves of chords
That crashed against the shore
In one huge and useless roar

There were girls bringing water
Like a dream they came
To cure the fever of my brain
And soothe my burning throat

They made me a necklace
Handing beads of sweat
On a swing of my regrets
And placed it round my neck

And they were singing
"Don't you do what you wanted to
You don't destroy yourself like those cowards do"
Maybe the sun keeps coming up
'Cause it's gotten used to you
And your constant need for proof