Jealous Twin Lyrics - Jim Carroll

She moves through the black door 

She turns toward the desperate light 

With her breath like iodine, with her filigree design 

She summons the fire from her hips 

Flamingo blood melts down her lips 

But the light would not share her 

From behind the bending mirror, pulling her within 

Like a jealous twin, there was something in her eye 

Like a flawed alibi, I was just about to ask 

When she rips apart her mask 

But me and my girl 

Chase the dragon's tail 

We double lock the room 

We inoculate the moon 

And the light glows from below 

Tonight, tonight 

She hears the soft drone 

Like a pearly blade laid in silicone 

And the reservoir of sleep 

Slides through the morning tube 

Like a letter written in a dream 

That is answered much too soon 

And she lays across the sofa like a gold stick pin 

Mascara draining down her specious grin, every notion's 

Loaded motion laced in Bombay gin and the serpent's 

Eyes are bursting as she bites into the skin 

But me and my girl 

Chase the dragon's tail 

We double lock the room 

We inoculate the moon 

She leaves a trail of broken things 

Knives, lives and wedding rings 

And the candle drips its light 

Across the fine silk floor 

Someone screams for less 

Someone screams for more 

But the light would not share her 

From behind the bending mirror 

Pulling her within like a jealous twin 

There was something in her eye 

Like a flawed alibi, I was just about to ask 

I swear, she ripped apart the mask 

But me and my girl 

We chase the dragon's tail 

We double lock the room 

We inoculate the moon 

And the light glows from below 

Tonight, tonight