The Czars

Strange how you've stopped loving me
how you've stopped needing me,
since she came along, oh, how strange

Strange, you changed like night and day
Just up and walked away
when she came along, oh, how strange

Well, I guess that I was just your puppet
you held on a string
to think I thought you really loved me
but look what thoughts can bring

Strange, you're still in all my dreams
oh, what a funny thing
I still care for you, oh, how strange

You don't know what love is
Until you've learned the meaning of the Blues
Until you've loved a love you had to lose
You don't know what love is

You don't know how lips hurt
Until you've kissed and had to pay the cost
Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost
You don't know what love is

Lilacs and tiger-lilies
Won't be enough for me when you're gone
Hollyhocks, gladiolas
Could never replace your face
In your little pink house
With the blue polka-dots
I learned what I was
And what I was not
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be

Bleeding heart, lily-of-the-valley
Snapdragon, rambling rose
You'll never make it in this world
If you're not one of those

In your little pink house
With the blue polka-dots
I learned what I was
And what I was not
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be
Supposed to be

Diadem, orange sensation
Diorama, bell canto
Baby-Lune, and princess too
But you were the one I chose

You are a drug to me
I never ever thought it otherwise

And I love the lies you've told to me
While looking me directly in my eyes

This is not ecstasy, but it's better than cocaine.
and you know that I will miss you when you're gone
but I'm not equipped to play this game

You know your words
They don't mean anything to me
They only serve to fatten up the prey

And when it's time to take them to the slaughterhouse
you slice their throats, continue on your way
This is not jeopardy
and it's not your high school prom
and you know that I will miss you when you're gone
But I'm not equipped to be your mom

You are a drug to me
I never ever thought it otherwise
And I love the lies you've told to me
While looking me directly in my eyes

Just one vice is all, is all any man needs to make him happy,
This old man, he's got, he's got all he needs to keep him happy.

Just one lie is all you find you can't read, but you are happy,
My advice: why not take two or three if you're feeling lucky.

Hold on tight
Let it eat you from inside
Take you away
You are safe

Just one lie is all, is all any man needs to keep him happy,
My advice: why not take two or three if you're feeling lucky.

Hold on tight
Don't let go
Let it eat you from inside
Take you away
You are safe

This blessing in disguise, somebody to despise
Let's you know how much, you really know of love
It's such a loaded word, corrupted and absurd
Twisted out of tune.

Lost, I'm beginning to know the cost of trying to read your thoughts
but now I know your thoughts.

You are worried about you, I wonder how you make it through
Nagging day to day, feeling this way.
And the way you look at life as tedium and strife
but let me tell you this...

Bliss, I really wondered about your kiss, the flavor of your lips
Before this can occur, strikes a nerve

The pleasure and the pain, what's the difference, what's the difference?
One and all the same, what's the difference, what's the difference?
The pleasure and the pain, what's the difference, what's the difference?
One and all the same, what's the difference, what's the difference?
The pleasure and the pain, what's the difference, what's the difference?
One and all the same, what's the difference?

You, are worried about you.

Lost, the ungainly albatross that you carry like a cross
for those you shed a tear, they are gone and cannot hear

don't say that, make them understand
don't try that, it just makes everything seem so useless
honestly, no one seems to hurt you like you do
tell me please, how does anyone take so much abuse?

look at me, look straight into my eyes
if I'm acting up, I promise you won't expect a reply
honestly, no one seems to hurt you, like you do
tell me please, how does anyone take so much abuse?

I'm the remains of what used to be a human
The transformation perfectly formed by something else
The skin, the bones, the insides falling down around you
The creature that you seem to be is a copy of something else

Baby did you try to speak, did you try to understand me?
No I'm not mad at you, just thought you were with someone else
I asked a question once but I didn't hear the answer
Did you even realize what you put back on the shelf?

So many died
To save your life

I'm the remains of what used to be a human
The transformation perfectly formed by something else
The skin, the bones, the insides falling down around you
The creature that you seem to be is a copy of something else

So many died
To save your life

Baby I just didn't know who you were at all
Baby I just didn't see what you had to offer
Baby I just wanna know where we are tonight
Baby I just wanna see you ask me on a date
Do you know the heart?
Do you that it can be destroyed?
You can make it go away
You can make it shrivel up and die

Take a look at me
Give me everything you've got
If it's not enough
Make me everything you're not

It's just a side effect of loving you
A nasty soundtrack to the city
He says the effects will recover soon
The situation is dire
You know that he's a liar

What a dream l had
Pressed in organdy Clothed in
crinoline of smoky Burgundy
Softer than the rain
I wandered empty streets
Down past the shop displays
I heard cathedral bells
Tripping down the alley ways
As I walked on
And when you ran to me
Your cheeks flushed with the night
We walked on frosted fields of
juniper and lamplight
I held your hand

And when I a woke and saw you
warm and near I kissed your honey
hair with my grateful tears
Oh I love you girl
I love you I love you

Last night I was taking a walk along the river
When I saw him together with a young boy
And the look that he gave made me shiver
'Cause he always used to look at me that way
And I thought maybe
I should walk right up to him and say
Ahhaha, it's a game he likes to play
Look into his angel eyes
One look and you're hypnotized
He'll take your heart
and you must pay the price
Look into his angel eyes
You'll think you're in paradise
And one day you'll find out
he wears a disguise
Don't look too deep
into those angel eyes
Oh no no no no
Sometimes when I'm lonely
I sit and think about him
And it hurts to remember all the good times
When I thought I could never live without him
And I wonder does it have to be the same
Ahhaha, when I see him,
will it bring back all the pain?
Ahhaha, how can I forget that name?
Look into his angel eyes
One look and you're hypnotized
He'll take your heart
and you must pay the price
Look into his angel eyes
You'll think you're in paradise
And one day you'll find out
he wears a disguise
Don't look too deep into those angel eyes
no no no no no