You cried last night in your sleep 

Close my arms 'round you when you weep 

Archangel on wings of the night 

Keeps you safe 'til the kiss of the light 

The hour is dark before the dawn 

And so the lull before the storm 

A world full of people alone 

But I found a love of my own 



My candle burns at both ends 

It will not last the night 

But ah my foes and oh my friends 

It gives a lovely light 



Soft voices whispering to me 

From the sad heaving breast of the sea 

As I stand in a pale light again 

A moth clinging desperately to his flame 

The hour is dark before the dawn 

And so the lull before the storm 

A world full of people alone 

I cling to a flame of my own 



My candle burns at both ends 

It will not last the night 

But ah my foes and oh my friends 

It gives a lovely light 



You, unbelievably small 

Bang your hands on the wall 

Say "To Hell with them all" 

Say "To Heaven with you" 



Me, what will become of me? 

Wading into the sea 

Water way past my knees 

Swallowing oceans is my speciality 



You, like a trembling bird 

Hanging on to each word 

Crawling out of my sight 

Oh how spite makes might 



Me, crass stupidity's pawn 

Kept us shouting till dawn 

Old memories torn 

Wishing I'd never been born 

(You're losing it, losing it, losing it) 



And you, Jack of Diamonds maybe 

But the Ace ever me 

With each turn of the card 

Ever hardening heart 



Me, smiling one moment 

Crying the next 

Building up to explosions 

That leave me shipwrecked 



You, stubborn brazen and wild 

Unpredictable child 

Emotional blackmail 

Always destined to fail 

(You're a failure in love, you're a failure in love) 



Me, saying things I regret 

I don't want to stop yet 

Got to make you break down 

Got to make you break uncontrollably down 



You, rhinoceros skin 

Never, never give in 

Never, never giving 

Hurts so to see me win 

(You're always unforgivably stubborn) 



Me, yes a cancer you tell 

With the softest of shells 

Always ending the same 

Taking all of the blame 

I'm taking all of the blame 

(This is the last time 

This is the last time) 



Traumas, traumas, traumas, traumas, traumas