She woke today direct sunlight on her face
The clocks were set California time and space

What if I removed all the evidence of me, boy?
Whatever would you do, whoever would you be?

She had to know all the details of the day
My lips divulge verbs of motion and disgrace

Mechanically it's boring technically the same
I pressed against a girl and rubbed until I came

CHORUS
That's why my love is like a knife Even when it's dull, it can take your life

So now we're back, wounded, waiting for the day
to me she'd turn clear her pretty throat and say

You're everything I want, boy, what have we become
Berlin, Paris, Prague, London My love for you has come undone

CHORUS

The softer the blade, dear, the greater the damage it does
I can cut you so softly because
You're so fatally perfect for me
The more I love the more you bleed