He Burns for Her

Flowers on the wall after the fall
Blooming like the flowers of Eden
It's like lying on the bottom of a swimming pool
A busted saint or just a fool
He's thinking all this while the serpent lies sleeping
He lies there and listens to the hissing of his lover's steady breathing
Like ocean waves that touch shore and retreat
On her own little island in this vast empty sea
All covered in her crazy quilt of dreams

And he burns for her
Just a comfort creature, she's not even a friend, oh no
He burns for her
This technicolor double-feature, another night of unoriginal sin
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Flowers on the wall blooming after the fall
Like paradise lost just to spite him
Giving so little to want so much
So little feeling for all that touch
Says he's looking for love, or something that feels just like it
That's what he told his wife
He wants the deed back to his life
She could no longer hold him
And the wind's moving over the face of the deep
And the face of this stranger in oblivious sleep
The wages of sin is death, and in this moment he knows it

He burns for her
Burning all his bridges, choking on the fumes, yeah
He burns for her
Ashes to ashes, he is totally consumed
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
And he burns for her
Just a comfort creature, she's not even a friend, (ashes to ashes)
Oh, he burns for her
Technicolor double-feature, ashes to ashes, whoa
He burns for her, he burns for her

He burns for her, whoa
He burns for her, whoa
He burns for her, whoa
He burns for her, whoa
Oh, he burns for her
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