i've framed your face in flames
and i'm painting you red, love
let's clarify this twist
pin this butterfly kiss
senseless senses sweetly simplify
we twitch like marionettes in lascivious bliss

silhouette, silhouette
how black is your heart
what you leave out, leave out
the linchpin of a liar's art
surely half-right
here in half-light
all sincerity

and i don't want to see the
half-way conscious game
that's evading all blame
love, for everything we want
with no right to expect
like a life somewhere
someplace that murders time
or a love that lets you take just
what you can get
so i frame your face in flames
and i swallow regret, love
when everything's so wrong
why spin it to right?
oblivion is lovely
that's no lie
we're atmosphere
we're oblivion personified

silhouette, silhouette
who's broken your heart?
what they leave out, leave out
the linchpin of a liar's art
surely half-right
here in half-light

serendipity makes the pitiful play
a love song with no love in it
in a rhythm so indefinite
just strumming on our nerves

silhouette, silhouette
how black is your heart?
what you leave out, leave out
the linchpin of a liar's art
surely half-right
here in half-light
all sincerity