[Verse 1] My heart came dressed in black With a rose in its teeth It limps when you walk by Then kneels at your feet There’s mold in the wallpaper And your name on my tongue I keep a drawer full of thunder For the things we’ve begun [Pre-Chorus] I try to stay clean But you stain my veins I try to stay whole Then you call my name Soft as a needle Sharp as a spark You pull the thread Right out of my dark [Chorus] My heart is a riot of rot and want A rotten little kingdom, still beating on My heart is a riot of rot and want I break for your touch, then I come back strong (Rot and want) (Rot and want) [Verse 2] You stand in the doorway Like a spell in a coat I’m all crooked laughter And a throat full of smoke I’d give you the key To the locked-up ache Let you wander through What the graveworms make [Pre-Chorus] I try to stay clean But you stain my veins I try to stay whole Then you call my name Soft as a needle Sharp as a spark You pull the thread Right out of my dark [Chorus] My heart is a riot of rot and want A rotten little kingdom, still beating on My heart is a riot of rot and want I break for your touch, then I come back strong (Rot and want) (Rot and want) [Bridge] If I bloom at all It’s a bruised-up flower Growing through the crack Of a midnight hour Take the ugly part Take the hungry part Still I’d choose you Over the hollow heart [Final Chorus] My heart is a riot of rot and want A rotten little kingdom, still beating on My heart is a riot of rot and want I break for your touch, then I come back strong (My heart is a riot) (Rot and want) (My heart is a riot) (Rot and want)
