Why is my enemy so deep inside 
Buried in black coal 
I sold you a favour in the dark 
Got a salt dream and a red scar 
Weak, bending in the wind 
To good words and white skin 
Metaphors cut ignorance to pieces 
Just watch me crawl out of love 

Why look back upon love 
Steel and sulphur 
The city of love 
Cities are grey 
Nothing is here to stay 

Peel, rip away your layers 
Hit me and love me babe 
Hooks and pins the weapons of a dream 
Touch, then fall away 

Why look back upon love 
Steel and sulphur 
The city of love 
Cities are grey 
Nothing is here to stay 

Tell me why 
Tell me why 
Tell me why 

That's the sound of my head 
And the texture of gas 
And the wolf in skin 
And the touch in sheep