The Albatross (Dancing With Our Hands Tied - Live from Dublin)

[Part I: The Albatross] [Verse 1] Wise men once said "Wild winds are death to the candle" A rose by any other name is a scandal Cautions issued, he stood Shooting the messengers They tried to warn him about her [Chorus] Cross your thoughtless heart Only liquor anoints you She's the albatross She is here to destroy you [Verse 2] Wise men once said "One bad seed kills the garden" "One less temptress, one less dagger to sharpen" Locked me up in towers But I'd visit in your dreams They tried to warn you about me [Chorus] Cross your thoughtless heart Only liquor anoints you She's the albatross She is here to destroy you Devils that you know Raise worse hell than a stranger She's the death you chose You're in terrible danger [Part II: Dancing With Our Hands Tied] [Verse 1] I, I loved you in secret First sight, yeah, we love without reason Oh, twenty-five years old Oh, how was you to know? And My, my love had been frozen Deep blue, but you painted me golden Oh, and you held me close Oh, how was I to know? [Pre-Chorus] Could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets Picture of your face in an invisible locket You said there was nothin' in the world that could stop it I had a bad feelin' And darlin', you had turned my bed into a sacred oasis People started talkin', puttin' us through our paces I knew there was no one in the world who could take it I had a bad feelin' [Chorus] But we were dancin' Dancin' with our hands tied, hands tied Yeah, we were dancin' Like it was the first time, first time Yeah, we were dancin' Dancin' with our hands tied, hands tied Yeah, we were dancin' And I had a bad feelin' But we were dancin' [Bridge] I'd kiss you as the lights went out Swayin' as the room burned down I'd hold you as the water rushes in If I could dance with you again Kiss you as the lights went out Swayin' as the room burned down I'd hold you as the water rushes in [Part III: The Albatross] [Bridge] And when that sky rains fire on you And you're persona non grata I'll tell you how I've been there too And that none of it matters [Verse 3] Wise men once read fake news And they believed it Jackals raised their hackles You couldn't conceive it You were sleeping soundly When they dragged you from your bed And I tried to warn you about them [Chorus] So I crossed my thoughtless heart Spread my wings like a parachute I'm the albatross I swept in at the rescue Devils that you know Looks now more like an angel I'm the life you chose All this terrible danger This terrible danger [Part IV: Dancing With Our Hands Tied / The Albatross] [Outro] And we were dancin', dancin' with our hands tied, hands tied We were dancin' Like it was the first time, first time She's the albatross She is here to destroy you