Princess Coldheart lyrics

Song information

Artist: The Legendary Pink Dots
Album: The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse

Lyrics

Princess coldheart closed her eyes and waited for the kiss to snap her
Chain between her lips. they waited proud; they waited willing...filed
In, failed, and so she killed them

Sitting on her cutglass throne for forty years, without a phone, without
A single word. 100 thousand would-be suitors, dead because they couldn't
Move her

In the courtyard flowers bloomed; they draped themselves 'round tombs
And rows of crosses.... pretty flowers bloomed; they draped themselves
'Round tombs and rows of crosses

Some were daring...tried the tricks they'd learned in france. some would
Touch her hand. money signs etched in their eyes. she sensed it;
One-by-one they died

Others chanted poems...even showered her with strange expensive gifts
She wouldn't read; she owned the best. she laid their flattery to
Rest

In the courtyard flowers bloomed; they draped themselves 'round tombs
And rows of crosses.... pretty flowers bloomed; they draped themselves
'Round tombs and rows of crosses

Then, one october night, the humble village fool caught sight of
Coldheart, and he fell. he smashed a rock against her throne. he
Snatched her hand and took her home

Happily they lived forever after. he wears her chain upon his chest. she
Even lets him kiss her breast

In the courtyard flowers bloom; they drape themselves 'round tombs and
Rows of crosses.... in their garden flowers bloom; they pick them
Decorate their room. it's touching

It's touching, so touching. it's touching, so touching

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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