Fish - Emerald Lies Lyrics
To be the prince of possession, in the gallery of contemptSuffering your indiscrete discretions, and you ask me to relentAs you accumulate flirtations, with the calculated calmness of the whoreI am the harlequin, with diamonded costume dripping shades of greenI am the harlequin, sense strangers violate my sanctuary, prowl my dreamsPlundering your diaries, Ill steal your thoughts - innocenceRavaging your letters, unearth your plots - innocenceTo don the robes of torquemada, to resurrect the inquisitionAnd in that tortured subtle manner inflict questionsWithin questions within questionsLooking in shades of green through shades of blueI trust you trust in me to mistrust youThrough the silk-cut haze to the smeared mascaraA forty-watt sun on a courtroom dramaAnd the coffee stains gather till the pale kimonoSet the wedding rings dancing on the cold linoleumAnd accusations moths that circle around the lightChar their wings in spiral senseless, suicidal flightPack our world within a suitcase, hot tears melt this icy palaceAnd dissolve a crystal swallowed by the nightLooking in shades of green through shades of blueLooking in shades of green through shades of blue
