Fair - The Amazing Devil

It’s what my heart just yearns to say

In ways that can’t be said

It’s what my rotting bones will sing

When the rest of me is dead

It’s what’s engraved upon my heart

In letters deeply worn

Today I somehow understand the reason I was born

«'Cause outwardly,» he says «I try so hard to make you laugh at me,»

And she, she does, she laughs as though she´s not heard the joke ten thousand

times before

And he adores her, he watches her get dressed as though she’s hurtling through

time

«Oh, darling please be mine,»

She promises to fight them all when it all becomes too much

And he, he curses at the world for leaving him behind and he’s falling out of

touch

And she is stronger than he’s ever been, he knows

And she brushes her hand through his hair, he’s got so much fucking hair

And he holds her close just to keep the world at bay

And when they’re sure no-one can hear them

She’ll turn to him and say, she’ll turn to him and say

«It's not fair, it’s not fair how much I love you

It’s not fair, 'cause you make me laugh when I’m actually really fucking cross

at you for something,»

And he’ll say

«Oh how, oh how unreasonable

How unreasonably in love I am with everything you do

I spend my days so close to you 'cause if I’m standing here, maybe everyone

will think I’m alright,»

«I've seen enough,» he says, «I know exactly what I want

And it’s this life that we’ve created

Inundated with the fated thought of you

And if you asked me to, if you asked me I would lose it all

Like petals in a storm

'Cause darling I was born to press my head between your shoulder blades

At night when light is fading

Just to let you know I’m old, waylaid and feels like I am wading

Into carpet burns and carousels

Christ, you’ll be the death of me,»

And calm throughout his melodrama, she will turn and say

«Dear heart, it’s me, its me

You don’t need to pretend to be someone you’re not

'Cause it’s not like I’ve never heard you fart and snore

And for some godforsaken reason

I’m still here, love, like I’ve always been before,»

And he’ll say

«It's not fair, It’s not fair how much I love you

It’s not fair 'cause you make me weep when I’m just trying to watch The Office

with my yoghurt,»

And she’ll say

«Oh how, oh how unreasonable

How unreasonably in love I am with everything you do

I’ll spend my days so close to you 'cause if I’m standing here

Maybe everyone will think I’m cool,»

«How unfair, how unfair,» they’ll sing as they dance across the darling rooftop

wreck

He’ll trip and she’ll pretend not to have seen

Burying her head into his chest and clinging to the moment

«Where have you been?»

she’ll whisper

«I've waited oh so long for you to come»

And as the stars above them hum and hear them

He’ll turn to her and say, «That's what she said»

«It's not fair, it’s not fair how much I love you

It’s not fair 'cause you make me ache, you bastard,»

And they’ll say

«Oh how, oh how unreasonable

How unreasonably in love I am with everything you do

I’ll spend my days so close to you 'cause if I’m stood here

Then I’m stood here

And I’ll stand here

I’ll stand here with you»