Inside
Inside the doors are sealed to loveInside my heart is sleepingInside the fingers of my gloveInside the bones of my right handInside it's colder than the starsInside the dogs are weepingInside the circus of the windInside the clocks are filled with sandInside she'll never hurt meInside the winter's creepingInside the compass of the nightInside the folding of the land
Outside the stars are turningOutside the world's still burning
Inside my head's a box of stars I never dared to openInside the wounded hide their scars, inside this lonesome sparrow's fallInside the songs of our defeat, they sing of treaties brokenInside this army's in retreat, we hide beneath the thunder's call
Outside the rain keeps fallingOutside the drums are callingOutside the flood won't waitOutside they're hammering down the gate
Love is the child of an endless warLove is an open wound still rawLove is a shameless banner unfurledLove's an explosion,Love is the fire of the worldLove is a violent starA tide of destructionLove is an angry scarA violation, a mutilation, capitulation, love is annihilation.
Inside the failures of the light, the night is wrapped around meInside my eyes deny their sight, you'd never find me in this placeInside we're hidden from the moonlight, we shift between the shadowsInside the compass of the night, inside the memory of your face
Outside the walls are shakingInside the dogs are wakingOutside the hurricane won't waitInside they're howling down the gate
Love is the child of an endless warLove is an open wound still rawLove is a shameless banner unfurledLove's an explosion,Love is the fire at the end of the worldLove is a violent starA tide of destructionLove is an angry scarThe pain of instructionLove is a violation, a mutilation, capitulation,Love is annihilation.
I climb this tower inside my headA spiral stair above my bedI dream the stairs don't ask me why,I throw myself into the sky
Love me like a baby, love me like an only childLove me like an ocean; love me like a mother mildLove me like a father, love me like a prodigal sonLove me like a sister, love me like the world has just begunLove me like a prodigy, love me like an idiot boy,Love me like an innocent, love me like your favorite toyLove me like a virgin, love me like a courtesan,Love me like a sinner, love me like a dying man.
Annihilate me, infiltrate me, incinerate me, accelerate me, mutilate me, inundate me, violate me, implicate me, vindicate me, devastate me
Love me like a parasite, love me like a dying sunLove me like a criminal, love me like a man on the run
Radiate me, subjugate me, incubate me, recreate me, demarcate me, educate me, punctuate me, evaluate me, conjugate me, impregnate me, designate me, humiliate me, segregate me, opiate me, calibrate me, replicate me