Iodine

I need you

I knew I was in danger

Of losing what

I used to think was mine

You let me love you

Till I was a failure

You let me love you

Till I was a failure

Your beauty on my bruise

Like iodine

I asked you if a man

Could be forgiven

And though I failed at love

Was this a crime

You said don't worry

Don't worry darling

You said don't worry

Don't you worry darling

There are many ways a man

Can serve his time

You covered up that place

I could not master

It wasn't dark

Enough to shut my eyes

So I was with you

Oh sweet compassion

Yes I was with you

Oh sweet compassion

Compassion

With the sting of iodine

Your saintly kisses reeked of iodine

Your fragrance

With fume of iodine

And pity in the room like iodine

My masquerade of trust was iodine

And everywhere the flare of iodine

Your sister fingers burned like iodine