I Let Love In

Album: Let Love In (1994)
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  • Despair and deception
    Love's ugly little twins
    Came a-knocking on my door
    I let 'em in
    Darling, you're the punishment
    For all my former sins

    I let love in
    I let love in

    The door it opened just a crack
    But love was shrewd and bold
    My life flashed before my eyes
    It was a horror to behold
    A life-sentence sweeping confetti
    From the floor of a concrete hole

    I let love in
    I let love in

    I let love in
    I let love in

    Well, I've been bound and gagged
    And I've been terrorized
    And I've been castrated
    And I've been lobotomized
    But never has my tormentor
    Come in such a cunning disguise

    I let love in
    I let love in

    I let love in
    I let love in

    Oh Lord, tell me what I done
    Please don't leave me here all alone
    Where are my friends?
    My friends are gone

    Oh Lord, tell me what I done
    Please don't leave me here all alone
    Where are my friends?
    My friends are gone

    I let love in
    I let love in

    So if you're sitting all alone
    And hear a-knocking at your door
    And the air is full of promises
    Well buddy, you've been warned
    Far worse to be love's lover
    Than the lover that love has scorned

    I let love in
    I let love in

    I let love in
    I let love in

    I let love in
    I let love in

    I let love in
    I let love in Writer/s: Nicholas Cave
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Andrea from Australia Mmmmmmm. Obviously he's getting a bit of a pay back for his blasaie attitude towards love. Treating them mean and keeping them keen has come full circle; poor old Nick is on the receiving end it seems. Great song and again sung with such a mixture of emotions in his voice.
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