Lyrics

Virgins
words and music by Rachel Bellinsky

they made their way down the muddy bank
and threw their shoes into the water
crickets filled the space in the night
between the sounds of laughter

hands that before
had only known the skin of mother
soon to learn the new language of hands
upon each other

there could be no shame
as clothes lay forgotten on the shore
and the cool water on skin
that never felt this chill before

he caught her arm
as she stopped pretending to get away
they both knew that
something was about to change

and she thought
what is this terrible bliss that scares me so?
and he thought
I don?t know what it is but I?d like to know

later as the moon
lost its purest shade of white
and voices they never knew
were born into that night

the heart only knows
that it can feel this way
after it?s made such a beautiful mistake
now it must learn just how to break