Emerald Lies Lyrics - Singles - Marillion

To be the prince of possession in the gallery of contempt 

Suffering your indiscreet discretions and you ask me to relent 

As you accumulate flirtations with the calculated calmness of the whore 

I am the harlequin - diamonded costume dripping shades of green 

I am the harlequin - sense strangers violate my sanctuary 

Prowl my dreams 

Plundering your diaries, I'll steal your thoughts innocence 

Ravaging your letters, unearth your plots innocence 

To don the robes of Torquemada, resurrect the inquisition 

In that tortured subtle manner inflict questions within questions 

Looking in shades of green through shades of blue 

I trust you trust in me to mistrust you 

Through the Silk Cut haze to the smeared mascara 

A 40 watt sun on a courtroom drama 

And the coffee stains gather till the pale kimono 

Set the wedding rings dancing on the cold linoleum 

And accusations moths that circle on the light 

Char their wings and spiral senseless suicidal flight 

You packed your world within a suitcase, hot tears melt this icy palace 

Dissolve a crystal swallowed by the night 

Looking in shades of green through shades of blue 

Looking in shades of green through shades of blue