Lyrics: The Albatross

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


Cross your thoughtless heart

Only liquor anoints you

She's the albatross

She is here to destroy you


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

And they tried to warn you about me


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


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


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


So I crossed my thoughtless heart

Spread my wings like a parachute

I'm the albatross

I swept in at the rescue

The devil that you know

Looks now more like an angel

I'm the life you chose

And all this terrible danger


So cross your thoughtless heart

She's the albatross

She is here to destroy you