Red Queen

I said I don't mind, but you've touched a nerve

The way you frame it, well, I got all I deserved

Transgress imitation, machination tears

That bring a little rust to slow the gears

Breathe deep and comfort the disturbed

Allies cause you both disrupt the herd

In the cave you fear what would you find?

Begin to think and soon you're undermined

We played our hands together

You lose me in your blood chemistry

Too rare to water down now

So we'd better try to match her speed

Toast to the red queen and all she has seen

Is it time to drink at your table?

We can only wait and watch for so long

Toast to our red queen, all those who have been

Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable

Where you fall is not where you belong

Unify behind false enemies

Arms race in hive mentalities

Down other lines we would have been the same

More than the ice that wears this mask of flame

Stay and reflect about them

Beauty fades but still my charm deceives

This night is shared and so we use each other

Cause misery loves company

Toast to the red queen and all she has seen

Is it time to drink at your table?

We can only wait and watch for so long

Toast to our red queen, all those who have been

Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable

Where you fall is not where you belong

And so it goes again

A wasted day to vie for my affection

You're just another one

You gravitate to my defection

Soon you'll come undone

Spiny bottle blacks and blondes

Can't fake a smile so they draw it on