which isn't always the easiest thought to find
 oh but the concept you pursue
 wishing only that i knew
 what you knew

 i swear everywhere i go
 i feel your presence there
 as if to let me know
 it's only my heart that you desire
 wrapped in tears and cellophane
 kisses and barbed wire

 well i'm afraid to look
 i can see you staring feel you set the hook
 it's not that i don't find you beautiful at times
 i'm not sure what you've heard
 but perhaps you've misinterpreted my words
 now that i decorate your shrine
 valentine
 your pleasure's mine

 deluded by your constant dreaming
 reality's a nightmare too
 you've got me so afraid of sleeping
 for fear that i might dream of you

 all those darling things you say (all those darling things you say)
 like "hey could you lend me your soul just for the day?"
 and promise you'll give it back to me
 once you've exorcised and set my spirit free
 blaming the voices that you hear
 on all the precious words i've whispered in your ear

 I'm afraid to look
 I can see you staring
 feel you set the hook
 it's not that i don't find you beautiful at times
 not sure what you've heard
 but perhaps you've misinterpreted my words
 now that i decorate your shrine
 valentine
 concubine
 your pleasure's mine