Speak darkly, my angel
Or do I have to plead?
The sweetness has gone out of it

And all that's left is bitter barren greed

A needy lover with her almost vanished liar

Entangled as the gloom is strangled by the clinging briar
That ventures out to gather in the gloom


That perfect mouth is ruined now
For as you turn down the corners of your smile
And cloud your dim corrupted eyes

Just before the concertina wrecks your noble brow
The fatal flaw I can't allow


Depart now, my angel
The gaoler of my youth
Sends fifty thousand reasons why I never ever try to tell the truth

The season's over
And it's time for either one of us to go
Stand by the window

But don't lean so temptingly into the drop that calls below
For if you tumble back
I look so good in black