[Intro] [Muted piano chords] [Low, restrained drums] [Clean electric guitar enters slowly] [Verse 1] “Look at me, my love, just look — There’s springtime in my eyes.” She said those words to me one night, A beauty in disguise. And I looked deep into her eyes, But all I found inside Was winter laughing back at me, A starless, frozen night. [Chorus] “Kiss my lips, And kiss my brow,” She whispered once again. “I’ll be your sacred fountain, love, I’ll set your heart aflame.” And in the smoke of sweetest dreams I fell against her mouth. But every kiss I drank from her Was poison going down. Poison going down. [Verse 2] “Hold me tighter, hold me close, Come closer to my heart. Inside my arms are paradise, Where all your dreams can start.” I heard her whisper through the dark, Half-waking, half-asleep, While those pale arms around my chest Were closing in too deep. [Bridge] [Band intensifies] [Electric guitar becomes darker and more distorted] And I was dying like Laocoön, Caught in the coils around me, Two pale serpents made of love Closing tighter, tighter still. Closing tighter still. [Chorus] “Kiss my lips, And kiss my brow,” She whispered once again. “I’ll be your sacred fountain, love, I’ll set your heart aflame.” And in the smoke of sweetest dreams I fell against her mouth. But every kiss I drank from her Was poison going down. Poison going down. [Outro] “There’s springtime in my eyes...” But winter laughed Behind them. No stars. No light. Only that kiss. Poison... [Sharp guitar cut] [End]
