Love Will Bring You Nothing - Birdeatsbaby

8 days ago he was down at my window

screaming my name in the air

and by the sight I could tell he’d been drinking

and when drunk you don’t usually care

that my situation had altered quite sharply

now my kisses don’t come for free

so throw down my hair for my lover to bear

while my husband he wakes from his sleep and says

love will bring you nothing but despair

love will fill you with nothing but regret

out the next day on a fine sunny Sunday

walking the dog in the park

he questioned my history and oh-what-a-mystery

who was that man in the dark?

a jilted ex-lover but bad was my cover

I am not one to outsmart

but then he was silent I swallowed my lie

now be still my beating heart cos

love will bring you nothing but despair

love will fill you with nothing but regret

but he was God to me

he was God to me

Back in my bed I was troubled with dreams

while my husband slept soundly alone

I wake at the breaking of glass and an aching that’s

ringing through all of my bones

I moved through the dark now I know this by heart

In a trance I was that’s what I’ll say

Draw blood from my feet every step is so sweet

As I reached for his neck where he lay

In the seconds that pass my dear breathing his last

In pity I sink to the floor

Now cut off my hair and with hours to spare

I burn the house down

love will bring you nothing but despair

love will fill you with nothing but regret

but he was God to me

he was God to me