There is a hole in the night that the city keeps travelling round There is a hole in the roof where the ego comes down There is a hole in the closet where the coats go to fly There is a hole in the closet where noisy cats go to die I step away from the window I am struck by a nightly disease Something has been coming For a long time it's been crawling Out of pitch-black and expanding seas It's clearly headed in my direction I am strong but I need protection (Chorus) There is a hole in my heart tonight Ah there were times when I had just one eye It took a field to fly and a bird to cry Or just a bad foot and a bad-fingered hand Just a bad foot and a bad-fingered hand That sort of memory is no match for my poisonous pen Big, bad, boy approaches the mirror With a dead black bird in his bad-fingered hand Hand extended in my direction I am strong but I need protection (Chorus) Just a bad foot and a bad-fingered hand