It was cold, she was colder

She wore a black silk ribbon

In a bow around her throat

For her lover, she walked the halls

Her young heart singing, ooh



He left a note on the pillow in the lamplight

The words were dancing

Something smooth on her fingers

The black silk ribbon

Like a cold comfort, ooh



I'm leaving he said

And I'll find my own way home



And the hounds in the courtyard

They were waiting for their master

When a cry from the window

Don't you love me? Ooh



But for him it was simple

It wasn't 'til he noticed

There was something in her eyes

In the mirror the ribbon came as a surprise

He cried, ooh



Leave me she said

And you'll find your own way home



But wasn't there something better waiting

Didn't you feel it too?

Wasn't there something between me and you?

Between me and you



See the black silk ribbon fly, fly

See the black silk ribbon fly, fly

And the hounds, they were waiting



But wasn't there something better waiting

Didn't you feel it too?

Wasn't there something between me and you?

Between me and you