Lyrics William Control

William Control

Dorian Gray

Live through the ages

Witness my friends rust and turn to ash

Break down in phases

And yet my skin is perfect glass

I have kept this portrait in pristine care

I have kept my secret well

Until the day comes when the loneliness

Is, oh, too much to bear

Would you embrace me with open arms?

Would you encase me in a picture of my heart?

Dorian Gray, already headed to hell

Take me away, pick a side and place a bet

Dorian Gray, have you something to sell?

I've got your bodice and your dress

Turn back the time

To the fearless boy I was so long ago

She is love, she is filth

She can destroy my soul

Would you embrace me with open arms?

Would you encase me in a picture of my heart?

Dorian Gray, already headed to hell

Take me away, pick a side and place a bet

Dorian Gray, have you something to sell?

I've got your bodice and your dress

Dorian Gray, already headed to hell

Take me away, pick a side and place a bet

Dorian Gray, have you something to sell?

I've got your bodice and your dress

Intellect in itself is a mode of exaggeration

An artist should create beautiful things

But should put nothing of his own life into them

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it

If the cave man had known how to laugh

History would have been different

I have kept my portrait clean

I have kept my secret well

Now the day has come

The sun has burned away

Follow me, follow me, follow me, follow me

Dorian Gray, already headed to hell

Take me away, pick a side and place a bet

Dorian Gray, have you something to sell?

I've got your bodice and your dress