In the winter in a seaside boarding house
the killer swigs and reels 'round his room
telling how he made that weeping spinster kneel
Yellow light seeps through a fly-blown lampshade
fading with the dawn
He yells and laughs, "They all wanted it.
It was easy, so how could it be wrong?"
CHORUS:
5 AM and the seas are boiling
5 AM and the windows crack
5 AM and my hands are on you
Big madness
Big madness
When I phone you just to hear your voice
oh please, don't judge me so
It's just that I don't think I'll rise again
till I've seen how low I can go
Next springtime when I'm gone for good
and you struggle to find the words cruel enough
Through all these dying continents
my stupid laughter will be heard--CHORUS
Big madnessI can kiss you when I need to
I can crush you when you're mean
I can have you in the morning with my dirty magazines
You're my constant sticky finger
I'll never get enough, you're my cigarette
My love
You're my heaven in a package
You're the love I never had
My friend when I'm unhappy
My mother when I'm bad
You're my passive suicide
I can't end life fast enough
You're my cigarette, my love
My cigarette, my love
My cigarette, my love
My cigarette
I'm in a love affair with poison
I'm addicted to my death
It's a constant situation
I'm screaming out your name with my last breath
I'm waiting for you
You're my choice when I am choosing
You're my active karma sin
You're my loss when I am losing
I won't lose you again
You're my passive suicide
I can't end life fast enough
You're my cigarette, my love
My cigarette, my love
My cigarette, my love
My cigarette, my love
(My cigarette, my love)
My love, my love
(My cigarette, my love)
(My cigarette, my love)
I want you
I hate you
I love you
I quit!