I'm sorry that I'm late, I went blind
I got confetti in my eyes
I was held up at yesterday's parties
I was needed on the Congo line
But my dear, oh, my dear
I'd like to fight the good fight for another couple of years
Because to say the war is over is to say you are a widow
You're not a widow yet
You're not a widow yet
You're not a widow yet
You're not a widow yet
So this one's for the critics and their disappointed mothers
For the cupid and the hunter shooting arrows at each other
Ain't no such thing as a saint, ain't no such thing as a sinner
There's a swan among the pigeons of Barcelona's floor
There's a Samson with Delilahs lining up outside the door
If you are sharpening your scissors, I am sharpening my scissors, and I am sharpening my sword
So you can take me to the dragon's lair or you can take me to Rapunzel's windowsill
Either way it is time for a bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
I see your face when I close my eyes
I see the muscles in your legs from the way you always rise
To the occasion of catching things that fall
Like the statuettes on pedestals I tend to build to tall
But I have navigated Iceland (I have navigated Iceland)
I laid my claim on Portugal (I laid my claim on Portugal)
I have seen into the wasteland (I have seen into the wasteland)
Of the future (of the future)
Of the future of us all
I kicked up a whole country of dead, dead leaves last fall
I kicked up a whole country of dead, dead leaves last fall
Dead leaves
Dead leaves
Dead leaves
Dead leaves
Seen from the back of a train (Seen from the back of a train)
I rode away from your station (I rode away from your station)
They drifted in the air (They drifted in the air)
Like memoirs of old conversations (Like memoirs of old conversations)
Sprung from a leather case (Sprung from a leather case)
You opened in the wind (You opened in the wind)
To watch the papers chase each other (To watch the papers chase each other)
Into oblivion
You're such a champion
You're such a champion
I hide behind your sun
You are the champion
And you're such a champion (You're such a champion)
And you're such a champion (You're such a champion)
I hide behind your sun (I hide behind your sun)
You are the champion (You are the champion)
And you're such a champion (You're such a champion)
And you're such a champion (You're such a champion)
I hide behind your sun (I hide behind your sun)
You are the champion (You are the champion)
So you can take me to the dragon's lair or you can take me to Rapunzel's windowsill
Either way it is time, it is time for a bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill
A bigger kind of kill, kill, kill, kill, kill