Odessa

	it is but a dated flower i bring to you

	it is but a violet glistening with dew

	for in our hearts our love for you lies unrevealed

	a stale romance and the solitude we share

	have dragged you to the beach to find me there

	every promise undone glittering in the sun

	in the golden sway of violence

	that morning you came and you stood in disbelief

	in longing and shame - the presentiment of grief

	to forgive and to define this treachery of mine

	you took off your clothes in silence

	this sweet blue secrecy, the demands of destiny

	now who will serve your pleasure, who will serve your greed?

	now that the men you treasured belong to the fleet

	and watch the morrow’s tide, that frail and beautiful bride

	what a very strange season this is

	from the tender ax of springtime, defying the snows

	to the streaming summer’s hatchet she rose

	now all covered with lime under an indifferent sky

	we smother everything in kisses

	will we know eternity? will we forge a way to see?

	who will serve your pleasure, who will serve your greed?

	now that the men you treasured belong to the fleet

	and watch the morrow’s tide, that frail and beautiful bride

	what a very strange season this is

	from the tender ax of springtime, defying the snows

	to the streaming summer’s hatchet she rose

	now all covered with lime under an indifferent sky

	we smother everything in kisses

	oh, we smother everything in kisses

	it is but a dated flower i bring to you

	it is but a violet glistening with dew

	for in our hearts our love for you lies unrevealed

	a stale romance and the solitude we share

	have dragged you to the beach to find me there

	every promise undone glittering in the sun

	in the golden sway of violence

	that morning you came and you stood in disbelief

	in longing and shame the presentiment of grief

	to forgive and to define this treachery of mine

	you took off your clothes in silence

	this sweet blue secrecy, the demands of destiny

	now who will serve your pleasure, who will serve your greed?

	now that the men you treasured belong to the fleet

	and watch the morrow' s tide, that frail and beautiful bride

	what a very strange season this is

	from the tender ax of springtime, defying the snows

	to the streaming summer' s hatchet she rose

	now all covered with lime under an indifferent sky

	we smother everything in kisses

	will we know eternity? will we forge a way to see?

	who will serve your pleasure, who will serve your greed?

	now that the men you treasured belong to the fleet

	and watch the morrow' s tide, that frail and beautiful bride

	what a very strange season this is

	from the tender ax of springtime, defying the snows

	to the streaming summer' s hatchet she rose

	now all covered with lime under an indifferent sky

	we smother everything in kisses

	oh, we smother everything in kisses