New York Torch Song - The Amazing Devil

Fuck you they said

As they threw their threads from their wedding bed

We’ll talk about this tomorrow

In the backwards of the world

In the wings unfurled twirl

In the upside down frown of the dark

On the tippy toe tin rooftops

In the vodka drama thriftshops

It’s there we’ll make our mark

It starts off like a pin prick

A trick of the light oil slick

Then grows to the size of your hand

Turns you outside in

Cigar burns and scar skin

Ripping bone and nail and gland

But your blood does not bleed red no more

It’s whiter than the sun burns, its bright with every hum

From within this gaping wound of ours

A new us has begun.

A new us has begun.

A new us has begun

Can’t we just talk about this

Tomorrow

Oh light me a new york torch my boys

Oh light me a new york torch my boys

Oh watch the fire surprise surprise burn up and up into those skies

Oh light me a new york torch my boys

Tear me up and burn me up and rip me up and leave your

Hand on the wall as you go

Blood’s pouring like martini

Graffiti sweet bikini

Is that what you think of me now no no no

Are you god or devil, ghost dishevelled

Childhood friend or drunken revel

I cannot stop I’m bleeding out for you

You angel heart you monster oh

Some godforsaken prospero

Your feathers and your paws

Your hell for leather applause

You dance on tables, endless labels

Are you cain cos i’m not abel

Your bastard lasting nightbus asking

What’s the everlasting fable

I cannot find the words to keep you

I cannot find the words to keep you

But your blood does not bleed red no more

It’s brighter than the sun burns, its whiter with every hum

From within this gaping wound of ours

A new us has begun a new us has begun a new us has begun

Can’t we just talk about this

Tomorrow

Oh light me a new york torch my boys

Oh light me a new york torch my boys

Oh watch the fire surprise surprise burn up and up into those skies

Oh light me a new york torch my boys