I left my girl at the top of the stairs
Tears in her eyes, hands in her hair
Brushed myself down like I don't care
Force a smile, get out of there
Now all the casual cruelty,
Hardly seemed so wrong
Those twists of the knife
How easily forgiven, well...
It's just one kiss, to build our dreams upon
It's just one kiss to build our dreams upon
Elemental force of nature, I fall into your eyes
As you rush through the veins I tear, soothe, all that I despise
Your fragile brutality, our centrifugal pain
Draws the breath right out of me, to pull us round again
Please keep me with you, safe, my love
'cos we will meet again before the end
I met my girl by the ringroad,
Head in my hands,
She said "I love you but I'll hurt you",
I said "I understand",
And I cherish that malignancy,
In every part of me,
We the willing amputees,
Over and over and over and over and
over and over again,
Until the end
Just one kiss to build our dreams upon,
It's just one kiss, to build a dream upon,
It's just one kiss to build our dreams upon,
It's just one kiss, to build a dream upon,
It's just one kiss to build our dreams upon