Your lips are like morphine
And your eyes are deceit
The make-up runs down into

The bullet wound in your cheek
There's a secret I can share now --
Just don't tell

And is all about lust
There's a world I can show now --
Just don't cry

A black planet of rust
Will this hand destroy you...
Venus in arms

I'll strip you off
In the flood of the light
Venus in arms

You'll taste the dark
Yet so innocent white
Your tongue taste like strychnine

And your long hair is torn
The fancy wings are broken
And a black star is born

There's a venom can you taste it --
Let out your tongue
And it tastes so sweet

There's a diamond can you see it --
Open your eyes
Black sugar deep in the meat

Will this hand destroy you...
Venus in arms
I'll strip you off

In the flood of the light
Venus in arms
You'll taste the dark

Yet so innocent white
And I will suck you
Into the magic turbines of the night

I will lead you to me
And I will tear them down.
All the white stars in your eyes

Then I'll bury them deep
There are the victims of the vices
Which I try to protect

They are the servants of the crisis
Which I try to protect