Nocturnal Animal

Babe, I'd been cheated
A few times before
I'd been mistreated and
I'd been ignored

But I'm getting tired
'Cause all that I do
Is slipping through yesterday's
Versions of you

A flashback of what two
Made their paradise
Now vanished in that
Baneful haze of your lies

Had our romance faced
Just a single odd
You would've silently
Slit my throat to watch the blood

Running so quietly down my chest
Maybe I'm crazy, but
The thought that you'd hurt me
Could give me no rest

And I've held sacred
Your ruby lips
That tasted of wine
I longed to be sipping

And even if reason
Was beached on the shore
My heart would've drowned
In the sea of pride of having you

You think your notions
Can do me no harm
All you intend is
As pure as the water that's there...

...In a glass that's right next to
A bottle of gin
While you're with another
I'll drink it all up and drown in

And I'd be a beggar, I'd be a thief
I could be all that you'd want me to be

I'd have my face crushed under your heels
If for a moment you were true to me

I'd be a beggar, I'd be a thief
I could be all that you'd want me to be

I'd have my face crushed under your heels
If for a moment you were true to me