I heard all the rumors that surrounded you
You must have heard the ones that surrounded me
And we both could have guessed that this would be unavoidable
That it would have to be
That someday I'd come slipping in through your window
To taste what ran beneath your clairvoyant skin
And laugh at the myths that all told you that I
Would have to wait until you had invited me in

So if the rumors were true, you must have known I was in
Before I even made it as far as the stairs
And you didn't flinch when I flashed my serpent's smile
Bent to kiss your throat and drink what was there
But why had you never told anyone
It was the sort of thing you must have understood
That your second sight, it wasn't in your eyes
It wasn't in your mind, it was all in your blood

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It never was in my nature
To make amends or apologize
But I made the mistake of letting myself
Take a look at me through your cold eyes
And now everyone who ever called me a monster
The ones I took before I melted back into the night
I know that they were right
Every one of them was right

So how long did you know I was on my way
To hunt you down there behind your own doors
And did you read my mind as I broke the skin
The way you made sure that I could read yours
And did you know that you'd linger here in my veins
The ghost of a woman too far gone to save
You know, this must be how those poor bastards felt
As they wept into the mud of their loved ones' graves

Now I spend my nights walking these streets
The ones that I've walked countless times before
But everyone that I meet, it's like their eyes are mine
Staring at this creature I don't know any more
Well, they say we can never see our reflection
That's just another myth that never was true
It's just sometime we can't bear to look at ourselves
Now I can see nothing else thanks to you, thanks to you

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Now it's two months gone since I took your soul
I thought I could steal it like change from a purse
But I still bear the stain of your second sight
This curse of a gift, this gift of a curse
And I still the thirst and that never will change
But I can no longer say that I'll do as I must
So it's here I will sit and here I will stay
Cursing your name 'til I tumble to the dust

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