Crimes of the Heart

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I got off at your stop, at my stock's sudden drop I'm a trusted doorstop or a paperweight, taciturn, inanimate I can sit on your shelf, like ashes foretell A spirit in hell while the living sleep right on through, take a shortcut [Verse 2] And I coulda called, I suppose, I'm the thorn on your rose I'm the emperor's new clothes, and I make it look easier every time If you'da left it to me, who knows where we would be Reading fortunes for free in someone else's goldmine [Chorus] Survеy my breaker like chеap wine You let it in sometimes A floodgate you can pantomime You let it in sometimes [Verse 3] In every crime of the heart, you'll rip yourself apart It's outsider art, provokes every emotion And it may bewilder a few, it's an unpleasant view You're an agent of truth, twisted up at the tail end [Chorus] You play the villain like a violin It comes from within Darkness you can befriend It comes from within [Outro] It's a dead end Don't overextend Hail the darkness you can befriend It's a dead end Don't overextend Hail the darkness you can befriend