Poison compares a drug that the main protagonist of the story is addicted to with a beautiful, cruel woman; the song is part of the grand tradition of rock n' roll drug songs masquerading as a love song – songs that include ‘Beetlebum’, Got to Get You Into My Life’ and ‘Another Girl, Another Planet....
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Your cruel device
Your blood like ice
One look could kill
My pain, your thrill
[Chorus]
I wanna love you, but I better not touch (don't touch)
I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much)
I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison
I don't wanna break these chains
[Verse 2]
Your mouth, so hot
Your web, I'm caught
Your skin, so wet
Black lace on sweat
[Chorus]
I hear you calling and it's needles and pins (and pins)
I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't wanna touch you, but you're under my skin (deep in)
I wanna kiss you, but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison
I don't wanna break these chains
Poison
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
One look (one look) could kill (could kill)
My pain, your thrill
[Chorus]
I want to love you, but I better not touch (don't touch)
I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much)
I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison running through my veins
You're poison
I don't wanna break these chains
Poison (poison)
I want to love you, but I better not touch (don't touch)
I wanna hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I wanna kiss you, but I want it too much (too much)
I wanna taste you, but your lips are venomous poison
[Outro]
Yeah!
Well, I don't want to break these chains
Poison (poison) no
Running deep inside my veins
Burning deep (poison) inside my brain
Poison (poison)
I don't want (poison) to break these chains
Poison (poison)
Poison was written by John McCurry & Desmond Child & Alice Cooper.
Poison was produced by Desmond Child.
Alice Cooper released Poison on Sun Jan 01 1989.