I have never walked away In the sadness of this life You know where it hurts the most Now I tread the fearsome path Of sweet vengeance and of tears in the dark When the talons are fierce and the drugs are all quick Guess you'll never find A way out in a world of woe I have not And when it hurts I will rise from the dust I will sharpen my fangs I will fist up my claws And when it cries To be out in the sun for just one day I will lay it out and hate it And break it And take it And make it A way to remember In the sickness of it all The elixir in my grief Held by ropes and by you Tonight I'll wear the mask of the midnight No more running away I know now what I am A fire upon my skin A mistress, a man and his shame In those discarded rhymes I will tear through the winter woods Let the ecstasy glow, let the rivers all flow Let the blood drip freely of this man's disloyal veins! And the soft candlelight A moment of burning Now watch it, it's burning, it's burning! Burn with me, burn with me, burn! Come do me wrong Come hush my words When all is lost and heavy are Truth and pain Embrace the night Come shut the lights Let the dream pull it's darkness over me Once more