A LIGHT THAT SHUTS
A BROKEN PACE
THESE STREETS PAY HOMAGE
TO MY SOUL
MANY DREAMS AGO

THESE TAINTED ROOTS
WILL TAINT AND BLOOM
AND THESE TAINTED BLOSSOMS
SHALL TAINT YOUR HEART

AND WE BECOME
BECOME UNDONE
IN BARBS OF TIME
AND TALONS OF NIGHT

THESE TAINTED ROOTS
WILL TAINT AND BLOOM
AND THESE TAINTED BLOSSOMS
SHALL TAINT YOUR HEART

AND I'M HAUNTED BY THE MOON
AND I'M BLINDED BY THE SUN
BURNING WITH A FEVER
FROM WHEN I WAS YOUNG
AND YOU LIT MY HEART ON FIRE
THEN LEFT IT IN THE PYRE
OUR LOVE JUST BURNED AWAY
AND YOU GRIPPED MY HAND SO TIGHT
THEN LEFT ME IN THE NIGHT
ALL DREAMS LAY WASTE

THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
AND A WREATH FOR YOU AND ME
BUT AT LEAST MY HEART RANG TRUE

AND AS THINGS FALL OUT OF GRACE
OUT OF TIME OUT OF VIEW
PURGING ALL WE LOVED ALL WE KNEW

I FIND MYSELF AT PEACE
IN MY SOLITARY WAYS
AWAITING YOUR RETURN
I BURN - IN BARBS OF TIME - I BURN - BURN - BURN