elvis costello
heart-shaped bruise
Tell me now, or am I only dreaming? Tell me now, or are you only teasing? I felt the cold hard facts of life Five degrees from freezing Does it amuse you to always hurt me so? I try my best, it's not enough Should I give up and let you go? There's nothing more to take from me There's nothing more to give you dear There's nothing else that I can lose Except this heart-shaped bruise It will fade from purple to black It will fade just as the day was lost into twilight Tell me now or am I only dreaming? You said that you'd be mine for life And now you say you're leaving If I could hold you once more before you go When I approach you you just lash out Should I give up and let you... What more is there to take from me? There's nothing more to give you dear There's nothing more that I can lose Except this heart-shaped bruise.