Expensive Strawberry Jams

These scars, look so beautiful, so ravishing
Silver ichor oozing out slowly on my skin

Running down the pavement in perpetual white lines
Eyes go wide, turning green, glimmering dollar signs

Put my pretty make up on, your silhouette whispers back
Calculate every step before you pounce to attack

My love is frozen, locked inside your birdcage
Flashing cameras, you & me on the front page

Paint out the Hollywood scene
Your lies, my American Dream

Oh, Expensive Strawberry Jams, you hold me
"Love's a religion, you're my god," you told me
You did it all for the sound bites, baby
But you're a pawn in my own chess story

Oh, Diamonds & Gold guitar strings to bleed in
Chandeliers, wine, a million craftsmen
But half the country's blind and mistaken
And the other half will have their hearts broken

The pain you inflict on my substantial being
Makes me terrified of the thought of you leaving

Become so used to this breaking & then healing
There's no-one else I'd rather break for, anymore

Yet you're speechless every time she looks at you
There's a thunderbolt going through her every move

Flowing gown, like there's flowers all around
Tears of emerald green, I hit the ground

Oh, Expensive Strawberry Jams, you hold me
"Love, heaven's in your arms" you told me
You did it all for the sound bites, baby
You're just a pawn in my own chess story

Oh, All the Nightmares, silk covers we sleep in
She's the only thing keeping me awake when
Half the country's blind and mistaken
And the other half will have their hearts broken

Broken, Hearts broken
Mistaken, Blind and mistaken

Expensive Colour Called Blood, you used mine
A painting, masterpiece, "Love" you called it
Here's my reply in words, Listen
You'll never love me again

You'll be surprised what people can live with