Red Violins

There is no use to holler, no use to cry
Twenty pounds of curses came to visit me tonight
Suffer all the cuts, blankets for the cold
Prayers to keep the devil far from those I love
And there were red violins playing in my dreams
One for me and two for me and one at Jesus's feet
And one I only reach to for sympathy.

And if you want it, then you want it
For when you're falling on your knees
I seen you're howling now and foaming at the mouth
I seen you falling, feigning need
Are there red violins playing you to sleep?

Chariots swing low if you come for me
Ain't it now the strangest sound we call on for relief
Look at all these people clapping steady to the beat
Of ambulances on their way to me
So if you wanna, then you wanna
Everybody pays the price to feed.

Since you're howling now, you're foaming at the mouth
Since you're struck right off your feet
I play red violins
And you are now my existence
You're part of that which still remains
And you're lingering, like fingered strings
I seem to call on to feel the pain
On red violins
On red violins.

And if you wanna, then you wanna
Can't you see me crawling at your feet
You see me howling now, I'm foaming at the mouth
Come on and grieve for my disease
There were red violins playing in my dreams
There were red violins playing in my dreams
There were red violins
There were red violins
There were red violins
There were red violins playing in my dreams.