The stars rain a chill light but I never feel the cold
My eyes burn clean and clear, my hands are full of cinders
I am dirty, I am ugly, but I feel as if I’m beautiful
My eyes flame clean and clear, my hands are stained with cinders

You could make me shine for a night, make me shine for a night
In your reflected light, it’s only your reflected light
But come the morning, come the morning
My eyes wouldn’t sparkle so bright

I’m content as I am, lucid visions dance
My eyes flame clean and clear, my hands are caked with cinders
I am dirty, I am ugly, but I feel as if I’m beautiful
My eyes flame clean and clear, and I’m not ashamed of the cinders

You could make me shine for a night, make me shine for a night
In your reflected light, it’s only your reflected light
But come the morning, come the morning
My eyes wouldn’t sparkle so bright

Don’t slay my dragons, don’t come to my rescue
I don’t need no saving and I don’t want a hero
Leave your polished armor home or just leave me alone
My eyes flame clean and clear, and I don’t fear the cinders

You could make me shine for a night, make me shine for a night
In your reflected light, it’s only your reflected light
But come the morning, come the morning
My eyes wouldn’t sparkle so bright

I am dirty, I am ugly, but I feel as if I’m beautiful

Come out my love into the twilight
The sun is kissing the sky goodnight
Come hear the stars sing with delight
in the silver light of the moon

Come out my love and dance in my arms
The wind is weaving an ancient charm
A blanket of blossom will keep us warm
but the morning comes too soon

I can’t let you go
I can’t let you go
Waste a little time on me and I’ll be sure to pay you back

Come out my love and stand in the rain
The face of the earth is streaked and stained
but the water is beating a sweet refrain
in the silver light of the moon

Come out my love and pull me closer
Brush the dewdrops from my hair
Your hand in mine whispers like a prayer
But the morning comes to soon

I can’t let you go
I can’t let you go
Waste a little time on me and I’ll be sure to pay you back

The silence is full of things unsaid
I cannot breathe deep enough to get you out of my head
The moon’s light is thick upon our eyes
summoning an enchantment that separates the truth from the lies

you’ve seen too much, do you realize you’ve seen too much

It’s already too late for me to leave without regret
but you can escape if you haven’t been captured yet
It’s already too late for me to stop my fall
but if you escape I wouldn’t blame you at all
I wouldn’t blame you

Secrets come spilling from within
Do you think you can unravel the tangle beneath my skin?
But what you discover inside
may only disappoint you and I feel compelled to hide

you’ve seen too much, do you realize you’ve seen too much

It’s already too late for me to leave without regret
but you can escape if you haven’t been captured yet
It’s already too late for me to stop my fall
but if you escape I wouldn’t blame you at all
I wouldn’t blame you

If you touch me I might crumble
and my painted smile might tumble
down my chin and my porcelain skin
might slip and expose some flesh
I’m not ready for you to see me

You, you crush me with your eyes
I’m paralyzed every time you smile
I can’t move

My eyes have grown so brittle
If I shut them they might spill
right down my cheek
and my hands are too weak
to brush them back again
I’m not ready for you to hurt me

You, you crush me with your eyes
I’m paralyzed every time you smile
I can’t move

the rain speaks in rhythms on the roofs and window panes
she begs you to listen and tell her you know exactly what she means

she’s singin again, singin again
but the words get lost in her mouth

might as well give up crying
might as well keep silent
might as well give up crying
cuz no one understands, no one understands your tears

the rain beats relentless on the roofs and window panes
is the color in the mud slide, does her beauty ride on the water stains?

she’s singin again, singin again
but the words get lost in her mouth

might as well give up crying
might as well keep silent
might as well give up crying
cuz no one understands, no one understands your tears

It’s a greedy, greedy man who would steal a woman’s love
when he has no intention of replacing it with his own
I let you use me cuz I grew too weary to put up a fight
Worn out by those silent nights I shivered awake and alone

When you look at me I know you’re thinking about her
I can’t captivate you, intoxicate you anymore
When you look at me I know you’re thinking about her
I can’t captivate you, intoxicate you
but I’m gonna smile so pretty while I walk out the door

I’ve been mistaken in the past but I’ve never been such a fool
There are no strategies and no rules, no purpose to the games you play
But your eyes can still reach down inside and find a weakness in me
Oh I’d give anything to make you believe that I have the strength to push you away

When you look at me I know you’re thinking about her
I can’t captivate you, intoxicate you anymore
When you look at me I know you’re thinking about her
I can’t captivate you, intoxicate you
but I’m gonna smile so pretty while I walk out the door

the way you look at me is a kiss
gently laid upon my lips
my traitor eyes send you warm replies
my blushing cheeks can’t keep a secret
from you

you’re the only one who can see down into me
you’re the only one who can pierce right through me
you’re the only one I can’t hide anything from
I’m so glad that it’s you, I’m so glad that it’s you

your shadow runs along my skin
as intimate as your touch
the shiver spreads into my hands
the color stains my face
when I’m with you

you’re the only one who can see down into me
you’re the only one who can pierce right through me
you’re the only one I can’t hide anything from
I’m so glad that it’s you, I’m so glad that it’s you

My eyes won’t open wide enough to swallow
the stars, the sky, the night
but my body has grown so hollow
I would fill it full of light

When you sleep I watch the sun creep up on you
She spills gold unto your face, if you only knew
What you miss when I’m awake
She spills gold unto your face, if you only knew

I can feel myself dying a little more each day
my skin, my cells, my blood
each precious minute is melting away
and I’m drowning in the flood

When you sleep I watch the sun creep up on you
She spills gold unto your face, if you only knew
What you miss when I’m awake
She spills gold unto your face, if you only knew

Come to warm my hands by your fire, then I’ll retire with my share of the blame
But why are my fingers still cold when I hold them over your flame?

You can say that I’ve lost my faith
Words mean nothing to me anyway
And I’m never willing to cry
My eyes are open, my lashes are dry

I will not hide my passions and sins quietly within so that I’ll appear good
and you have sacrificed the truth to a lie though I don’t know why, or how you could

You can say that I’ve lost my faith
Words mean nothing to me anyway
And I’m never willing to cry
My eyes are open, my lashes are dry

There, I’ve said my prayers
I prayed to be set free
There, I’ve said my prayers
I prayed to get up off my knees
I need to get up off my knees
Why can’t I get up off my knees?

You can say that I’ve lost my faith
Words mean nothing to me anyway
And I’m never willing to cry
My eyes are open, my lashes are dry

My scales are glistening in shades of violet, gold, and green
Spread with a satin sheen of salt, I know I’m different but it’s not my fault
I think I’d like to trade the notes that swell like oceans from my throat
For two long legs to carry me, to walk one day within your beauty

I get so tired of singing to myself
I wanna hold you captive, I wanna hold you
I get so tired of singing to myself
I wanna hold you captive, I wanna hold you
I wanna hold you

The air is sweet as sugar on my tongue, but it spills like life’s-blood from my lungs
and every song I sing is a human sacrifice, why should I be willing to pay that kind of price?
I think I’d like to trade the notes that swell like oceans from my throat
For two long legs to carry me, to walk one day within your beauty

I get so tired of singing to myself
I wanna hold you captive, I wanna hold you
I get so tired of singing to myself
I wanna hold you captive, I wanna hold you
I wanna hold you

I’m so cold, I’m so cold
I could fly through the ocean but I’m frightened of being alon
I’m scared to be alone
I think I’d like to trade the notes that swell like oceans from my throat
For two long legs to carry me, to walk one day within your beauty

I get so tired of singing to myself
I wanna hold you captive, I wanna hold you
I get so tired of singing to myself
I wanna hold you captive, I wanna hold you
I wanna hold you