Your Dark Side

I should have known better

Iron flowers on a spiral vine

But what of the nobility of effort

When your victim then commits the crime



And their hearts are

Something borrowed

They are toxins

Poisonous toads



They sat among the valets

When they came for your bones

And I would have trashed the temple

If only I'd known



But my heart was

All a colourful blur

I was blind to anything sure



And you were only ever honest on the dark side

I'd only ever sleep with queens and cleaners there

Anything between would have only been compromise

So I should have known better



You could have the courage

The heart, the brains and the home

But I'm just an unmusical woman

I'm stubborn and made of stone



Still my heart is on a tenement shelf

You better look alive, sugar and stir yourself



And you were only ever honest on the dark side

I'd only ever sleep with queens and cleaners there

Anything between would have only been revolting

So I should have known better

I should have asked your name

Or at least seen the dog beside you

There's no one else to blame