Scare Me To Death

I've seen the best And the worst you can be And all while you're getting The better of me You're fragile but wicked And fleeting as breath And you move up behind me And scare me to death You're fragile but wicked And fleeting as breath And you move up behind me And scare me to death At war between All good intentions and greed My love is the kind Where want becomes need Where lust takes the toll Of a quick stolen breath You stir within me And scare me to death Where lust takes the toll Of a quick stolen breath You stir within me And scare me to death A dose now Of either heart or of mind Can be lethal, it seems If they're not combined They show but contempt When considered as two And pretend that each Is the other to you Now you spit in your hands And haul on the rope And fill up my cup With the worst kind of hope You lift me with words I haven't found yet I fall like your shadow And you scare me to death You sleep here beside me And scare me to death You sleep here beside me And you scare me to death --- Scare Me to Death - Joe Henry