They say the price of love is a black hole Where your friends were Where your social life sits Pulled into a chasm of family engagements And trips to the garden centre That is true enough if you choose it Or it chooses you I forget which You could marry yourself to an orphan girl And overcompensate on her birthday Well I don't need koi carp swimming round my feet And auburn-haired children blocking my path As I run to the disabled bathroom Topping off a 12-hour drinking spree Well I don't need koi carp swimming round my feet And auburn-haired children blocking my path As I run to the disabled bathroom Topping off a 12-hour drinking spree Well they say the price of love is a lot of things They say a lot If you give them a chance They will say it all And loudly Sometimes they will say it more than once I'm reading you Like a pamphlet That I picked up
From an idiot On a unicycle In a town square He is sad now He was sadder there I am reading you Like a pamphlet That I picked up From an idiot On a unicycle In a town square He is sad now He was sadder there Now I'm leading you by a candlesight And it breaks my heart in two You can kid yourself That your dreams amount To more than counting backwards from four It's a dangerous thing, Ambrosia Just buy the cream Apply it to the scar And wait for emptiness W-w-w-way down in the plastics W-w-w-way down in the plugs W-w-w-w-way down in the carpet A metaphor needs a better hold W-w-w-way down in the plastics W-w-w-way down in the plugs W-w-w-w-way down in the carpet A metaphor needs a better hold A rich kid stole the ball The rich kids stole the ball The rich kids stole the ball The rich kids stole the ball