Rage and Fascination

I expected love and passion
But this seems to be my ration
Dealt out from on high
As I feel the years slip by

The flipside of love is hate, they say
When I toss our coin
Only comes up one way
But I keep tossing
In rage and fascination
Rage and fascination
Rage and fascination
As I watch you

When you're cruel, that's not what keeps me here
I'm not on a torch-song bender
You're too bitchy for my notions of a man
And your arms are far too slender

It's just my admiration
We do things very well
It takes a lot of know-how
Making such a stylish hell
All that disdain spiked with mutual acclaim
As we perfect our game
In rage and fascination
Rage and fascination
Rage and fascination
As I watch you

You can make me feel like nothing with a gesture
It's like self-applause when you tug at your tie
I rifle all your pockets for forgotten change
When you're asleep
If you notice, then I lie

Come into my parlor
Said the spider to the fly
It's a whole new way to die
In rage and fascination
Rage and fascination
Rage and fascination
As I watch you