The water has risen past my feet
My eyes hide in the smoke of cigarettes
Vesper Lynd the name I can recall
A sinking sidewalk doomed to surely fall
The streets of Venice hold their secrets like you hold your own
Pray silently, confess, if you don’t want to feel alone
The bullets in your guns do no good against the tide
It sleeps in these canals just like the smiles on tears we cry
If you think you’ve lived your life and vultures circle overhead
Get on stage, steal the show, and take a bow before you go
“Vesper Lynd’s the name and mum’s the word,” she whispered in my ear
Years of double-crossing and victory latched on her every word
The seduction from her fingertips lined up just like the stars
Her eyes were just as pockmarked as the raging battlefields
She helped put in place with the deals that she made
The space between her words she timed perfectly in tune
With the way my heart beat, the way I trembled and moved
In the dark she claimed love held me close till the dawn
And when I awoke yeah I thought she was gone
Beautiful like a palace no city could hold
Every moment she shined she’d become twice as cold
Love is a war with an incorrect name
In both all is fair ‘cause they’re one and the same
(Oh, Vesper Lynd,
come around again
and make me whole)
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