Love & Paperwork Lyrics

First you are in flames

Then you grow frightened of the rustling in the grate

Build yourself a fortress none can penetrate

Nail it down with a mortgage and a special date

I'm sleeping on your floor

Thought I'd dodged that bullet til I fell through your door

Must have still been blind drunk from the night you took my paw

Seems I wanna piece of that pretty world of yours

Your head is on my shoulder, your lips are far away

And it's making me shiver

When the string snaps you'll get back to your endless wrangling

Of duty and pleasure

Love and paperwork

So we put the past on ice

I try to catch your drift across this papery sky

And any moment one of us can tear that veil aside

But now it's out I guess you'll stay inside

And you go back to him

I make a beeline for the mirror again

Well maybe I belong here just studying the lids

That hold these reckless hopes til they reach the brim

Still I wanna hold you, protect you from this life

But really what did I expect

I know I'll never save you from your endless wrangling

Of duty and pleasure

Love and paperwork