My balls are coals in the bottom of our bed That sags with the ash of our passion spent I kicked the coals to see if they're still lit Oh, how much more
Oh, Marlaina, you are something special Please believe me when I tell you so I'm a lion when we are one but without you I'm a kamikaze, I'm high strung
I'm gonna hold your eye an extra beat You're gonna lean towards me in your seat And though I know it's a feeling I should shake I'm gonna love you to
Sometimes an empire doesn't fall As masked invaders climb the walls Or spreading fires or rising floods Sometimes it dies within The king and queen, they
Take a vow Take a vow of jealousy Falling strangers calling your name but Take a vow It never was you The one to come through You keep me subdued with
You spend your days with this inside cat Who goes out when you take her out and no more than that She's got her usual perches and she sheds in the bath
You better watch out 'Cause one of these days I'll turn and ask you on a date 'Cause every bus ride You sit beside me I kill myself for things to say
Love don't live at home, oh no, it slithers in the wild I met her at the Biltmore, she was cold and over-styled Took all my money and took all my pride
So tell me, Mama, 'cause you know it's true Weren't you talking about a revolution? Just postponed by the phone and forgot about it And tell me, Dad,
It started with a sandcastle Today washed up my tomorrow But one night the mark was made Seared in your flesh with canola oil These days are piling up
I dreamt about you the other night We were there when people started to die. The seas rose to a terrible height but we survived, yeah we survived (I don
I am a crab from the sea of black And you're the barnacle on my back Yeah, you're the tooth that I can't extract I am the crow from the building juts
