[Intro - Music Box Tick] Tick... tick... tick... She's been watching since you brought her home [Verse 1] Alone on the shelf, dust on her dress Painted smile, but a permanent frown Porcelain hands folded on her chest She only wakes when there's no one else around She don't blink, she don't sleep One key turn is all she needs Glass eyes follow every move you make She heard every promise that you break [Pre-Chorus] You wound her up just once last June Now she winds herself at quarter past two She's got eyes only for you, and no one else Jealous little angel on a lonely shelf Her love's another dimension, twisted and true She allows no other woman next to you She's wound up and on the loose Nowhere knowing who she'll choose[Chorus] [Verse 2] I saw a photo fall right off the wall Your ex's face was scratched clean through Lipstick on the bathroom mirror: MINE In crooked letters she wrote for you She's in the mirror when you shave She's under your bed, counting the days When you sleep, she's in your head Red curls spilling 'cross the edge of your bed She's got eyes only for you, and no one else Jealous little angel on a lonely shelf Her love's another dimension, twisted and true She allows no other woman next to you She's wound up and on the loose Nowhere knowing who she'll choose[Chorus] [Bridge - Whispered] Can't escape the girl of red curls Who always wears a frown But she'd kill to keep you around She'd smile... if you'd just keep her wound Tick-tick-tick - hear her feet on the floor Tick-tick-tick - she just locked the bedroom door You can't leave what you wound up She's got your picture in her little red cup[Breakdown] [Final Chorus - Bigger] She's got eyes only for you, and no one else She was alone, now you're alone as well Her love's another dimension, no escape She's in the mirror wearing your face She's wound up and on the loose And baby, tonight... she chooses you [Outro - Music Box Slowing] Tick... tick... tiiiick... Don't let her stop.
