Mercenary Man

Come on and hold me down
you know you could
you know you would
you know you should get back at me now this time

Come on lure me into your ropes
you know you would you know you could
Come on pull those sounds from my throat
you know you would you know you could

You're as savage as the dark woods
as the foaming hungry sea
Smile that cuts me, eyes that seize me
Tear into me piece by piece

And as your lips part open I see
live explosives and I know they're for me
What melody would it make
if I never took another breath?

Mercenary man
I see the lying in your eyes
when you come back into my life
now I should break out while I can
Mercenary man
you speak your snakes around my pride
when you come back here every time
I see the blood that's on your hands
I'll never mess with another
Mercenary man

I was always such a coward
I could never get it right
You and your kind came in my mind
Stuck a thorn into my side

And as your lips part open I know
reddened future and it's about to blow
What melody would it make
if I never took another breath?

Mercenary man
I see the lying in your eyes
when you come back into my life
now I should break out while I can
Mercenary man
you speak your snakes around my pride
when you come back here every time
I see the blood that's on your hands
I'll never mess with another
Mercenary man

I'll never mess, I'll never mess