Orpheus On Ice by The Small Calamities Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Your face across a crowded room
Just wait; this will be over soon
I’d smoke to breathe in anything but your perfume
[Verse 2]
Flashback to when it all began
Red wine in your unsteady hands
I don’t need liquor to be someone I can’t stand
[PreChorus 1]
And your lipstick shines in candy apple red like a well worn sign of things we left unsaid
If I could take these blues and you out of my head I would be fine
It’s just these wrinkles in our time
[Chorus 1]
All these colored lights in this greying town
I’d give up the fight but you won’t back down
Meltеd wax before we could еven fly
[Verse 3]
Back porch; in artificial light
Good friends to make it through the night
Your long black hairs in every lyric that I write
[Verse 4]
Long looks before they disappear
Held back, in sacrificial mirrors
With time I think you’d hate LA as much as here
[PreChorus 2]
But your lipstick shines in perfect shades of red like an ancient sign of things we left unsaid
If I could take these blues and you out of my head I would be fine
It’s just these wrinkles in our time
[Chorus 2]
All these colored lights in this pitch black town
I’d give up the fight but you won’t back down
Melted wax before we could even fly
Hallmark greeting cards, not a single tear
No, don’t change your plans… you’re already here
If you leave this time, please don’t turn around
[Instrumental Break]
[Coda]
But your lipstick shines in candy apple red
Like a well worn sign of things we left unsaid
If I could take these blues and you out of my head, I would be
Your face across a crowded room
Just wait; this will be over soon
I’d smoke to breathe in anything but your perfume
[Verse 2]
Flashback to when it all began
Red wine in your unsteady hands
I don’t need liquor to be someone I can’t stand
[PreChorus 1]
And your lipstick shines in candy apple red like a well worn sign of things we left unsaid
If I could take these blues and you out of my head I would be fine
It’s just these wrinkles in our time
[Chorus 1]
All these colored lights in this greying town
I’d give up the fight but you won’t back down
Meltеd wax before we could еven fly
[Verse 3]
Back porch; in artificial light
Good friends to make it through the night
Your long black hairs in every lyric that I write
[Verse 4]
Long looks before they disappear
Held back, in sacrificial mirrors
With time I think you’d hate LA as much as here
[PreChorus 2]
But your lipstick shines in perfect shades of red like an ancient sign of things we left unsaid
If I could take these blues and you out of my head I would be fine
It’s just these wrinkles in our time
[Chorus 2]
All these colored lights in this pitch black town
I’d give up the fight but you won’t back down
Melted wax before we could even fly
Hallmark greeting cards, not a single tear
No, don’t change your plans… you’re already here
If you leave this time, please don’t turn around
[Instrumental Break]
[Coda]
But your lipstick shines in candy apple red
Like a well worn sign of things we left unsaid
If I could take these blues and you out of my head, I would be