When the soul of the city was laid to rest,
And the night forgotten and left for dead,
I happened at a house built of living light,
Where everything evil disappears and dies.
When they love you, and they will,
Tell them all, they'll love in my shadow.
And if they try to slow you down,
Tell them all to go to hell.
I settled in slowly to this house that you call home
To blood and breath, fair flesh and bone.
Blush of our bodies in the heat of the night,
All day, the day after reddened the skies.
When they love you, and they will,
Tell them all, they'll love in my shadow.
And if they try to slow you down,
Tell them all to go to hell.
It's a lifeless life with no fixed address to give,
But you're not mine to die for anymore, so I must live,
Born of a bottle from heaven's hand,
And now you know, and here I am.
When they love you, and they will,
Tell them all, they'll love in my shadow.
And if they try to slow you down,
Tell them all to go to hell.
When they love me, and they will,
I'll tell them all, they'll love in your shadow.
And if they try to slow me down,
I'll tell them all to go to hell.