THE HOOK

We learned all the pleasures of the tongue
before we knew each other's names,
long after the pain had come.

Imagine the shock of a fish
when the hook finds its mouth
and pierces its roof
then the sigh it heaves
when it shakes it out
Our first kiss was like this.
And there's the hook.¹

I used to swim wild and free
But like a lazy cod I took the bait.²
Now I'm like a shark in the dark

I never close my eyes anymore.
I twisted like an unruly marlin
So I could love you this madly.
I knew just how the story would end
And I would miss you this badly
And in the end

I'd do it again.
And there's the hook.³

Read translation of 'The Hook' in Spanish by Bruno Galindo

Listen to the acapella extended version of THE HOOK as mixed & interpreted by Raul Vincent Enriquez