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