The valentines we send each other
Year on year are just a cover
Witness to an ever-growing fear
That Cupid who we fed and flourished
Will fall to earth now undernourished
And love’s young dream will fade and disappear
When words we want to hear
Are not enough to keep us near
When we tear the jagged arrows from our hearts

When our Eden turns to bramble
When our paradise is lost
When we’ve given up the ghost
I wonder who hurts the most

Scoring points against each other
Throw a line then run for cover
Turn and view the ruins from afar
Kisses sharpenned to precision
Softenning each small incision
Skin on skin and scar on healing scar
When flowers take the place of a penitent embrace
When the day betrays the secrets of the night

When our Eden turns to bramble
When our paradise is lost
When we’ve given up the ghost
I wonder who hurts the most

Each twisted word a thorn
Each silence a crimson tear
In a heart that wakes each dawn
And breaks before the dying of the day