Emerald Lies Lyrics - Fish

To be the prince of possession, in the gallery of contempt 

Suffering your indiscrete discretions, and you ask me to relent 

As you accumulate flirtations, with the calculated calmness of the whore 

I am the harlequin, with diamonded costume dripping shades of green 

I am the harlequin, sense strangers violate my sanctuary, prowl my dreams 

Plundering your diaries, I'll steal your thoughts - innocence 

Ravaging your letters, unearth your plots - innocence 

To don the robes of torquemada, to resurrect the inquisition 

And in that tortured subtle manner inflict questions 

Within questions within questions 

Looking in shades of green through shades of blue 

I trust you trust in me to mistrust you 

Through the silk-cut haze to the smeared mascara 

A forty-watt sun on a courtroom drama 

And the coffee stains gather till the pale kimono 

Set the wedding rings dancing on the cold linoleum