(Verse 1)
Blue ribbons tied to the balcony rail
Watching the sunset turn violet and pale
I’m wearing my silk dress, the one that you hate
Sitting alone by the garden gate
You’re downtown again, chasing the neon lights
Leaving me here with the ghost of our nights
But I like the silence, I like the cold
It’s a different kind of story to be told.
(Chorus)
Because I’m loveless, and I love it that way
Spinning like a record in the pouring rain
I’m a tragic beauty in a faded frame
No one to answer to, no one to blame
Watch me go, watch me burn
A lesson you’ll never quite learn
I’m loveless, honey, and I’m doing just fine
Sipping on cherry-red bittersweet wine.
(Verse 2)
The perfume is lingering, Jasmine and dust
A kingdom built on a mountain of trust
But the mountain is crumbling, the salt’s in the air
I’m brushing the silver right out of my hair
You call me a siren, you call me a dream
But I’m just the girl in the back of the scene
Waving goodbye to the boys in the cars
Under a ceiling of paper-cut stars.
(Chorus)
Because I’m loveless, and I love it that way
Spinning like a record in the pouring rain
I’m a tragic beauty in a faded frame
No one to answer to, no one to blame
Watch me go, watch me burn
A lesson you’ll never quite learn
I’m loveless, honey, and I’m doing just fine
Sipping on cherry-red bittersweet wine.
(Bridge)
(Spoken, breathy)
Money can’t buy it...
And you can’t quite find it...
In the back of a taxi, or the middle of July...
It’s just me and the moon tonight.
And the moon doesn't ask why.
(Outro)
Loveless... (so loveless)
Velvet and lace...
I’m a pretty disaster, a beautiful face...
Just leave me here...
In the blue...
In the blue...
Loveless.
