[Verse 1]
Who needs a captain on a lover's ship?
Someone with no clue of the destination due, well
Ain’t that a trip?
Who needs a diamond on a hand of stone?
Someone with a hurt who couldn’t make it work
A trophy because you slipped

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Love can’t conquer anything
If it’s lost without a trace
You might be tough, you might even be strong
But not when you’re in this place

[Chorus]
Secret lovers, get lost in the secrets they tell
They make lovers blind when they cover every inch of their lies
Secret lovers, it’s just your place or mine
A smoke and some wine is the life of the Black Valentine

[Verse 2]
Who needs a journey on a runaway train?
Your ticket isn’t worth half of what it hurts
When heart beats overwork
Who needs redemption from a guiltless crime?
Someone carries dreams from scream to scream
Til they tear apart your mind
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Love can’t conquer anything
If it’s hurting in the deep
You’ll be awake, you’ll twist your fate
That’s not someone you should keep

[Chorus]
Secret lovers, get lost in the secrets they tell
They make lovers blind when they cover every inch of their lies
Secret lovers, it’s just your place or mine
A smoke and some wine is the life of the Black Valentine

[Bridge]
This is their lament for another night they've spend in self-conversation
It’s a will they can't oppose in a letter left they’ve composed
To repeat the situation
They lie in a loop

[Chorus]
Secret lovers, get lost in the secrets they tell
They make lovers blind when they cover every inch of their lies
Secret lovers, it’s just your place or mine
A smoke and some wine is the life of the Black Valentine