Red Hand Romance

I know I’ve done wrong
And I’ve known it all along
But if you could take one moment
And listen to my song
You might not forgive me
You may never think me strong
Enough to ever keep me
But you might just sing along

The first time that I saw her
She looked sweeter than my thumb
Her rhythms were enchanting
She was handy with her drum
I followed her to the bedroom
Where she bid me to succumb
I was too young to know better then
Of what she would become

Oh yeah, alright
Lay back, sit tight

She would visit me by moonlight
From nothing she appeared
And lead me ever deeper
Into places I once feared
Her skin burned white with deception
My finger tips were seared
And as I lied there ravaged
She up and disappeared

Oh yeah, you know
What’s next, so let’s go

Now I feel her in the daylight
I hear her in the sky
I know just where to seize her
To submit between her thighs
She knows when I’m keeping secrets
She knows when I can’t deny
Her promises of of kisses
That always leave me dry

We stand, we fight
We love what’s wrong, what’s right
We bleed and cuss all night
We won’t take it back, we won’t give it back tonight

We sleep, we lie
We live too fast, too dry
We ache too bad to try
We can’t take it back, we can’t give it back tonight

We sing, we die
We hold our hands up high
We lift our heads and cry
Don’t take it back tonight

 

(Mat Weddle, May 2007)