Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want

Mmm... Mmm... The light is low The hour is wrong The room remembers Every song You came in quiet Like smoke under the door With eyes full of winter And a heart asking for more You did not say love You did not say stay You only looked through me In that old ruined way And I knew by the silence And I knew by your hands You had buried your mercy In some faraway land Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want But don’t ask me what it costs Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want And we’ll count the living lost There’s a glass on the table There’s a saint on the wall There’s a moon in the window That has seen it all You smiled like a warning You prayed like a thief You said, “Give me the darkness” I said, “Darling, with grief” No heaven above us No judge in the hall Just your breath in the doorway And the night eating all Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want But don’t ask me what it costs Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want And we’ll count the living lost Maybe you wanted mercy Maybe you wanted sin Maybe you wanted someone To let the old ghost in Maybe you wanted silence Maybe you wanted blood Maybe you wanted drowning Without calling it love And I am not a savior I am not a good man But I can hold the candle While the shadows understand The elevator trembles Like a hymn underground Somewhere in the Nightflat No one makes a sound You took off your sorrow You laid it by the bed You said, “Tell me the truth now” I kissed your mouth instead Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want But don’t ask me what it costs Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want And we’ll count the living lost Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want Tonight I’m gonna give you what you want The room went still The candle bent I gave you what you wanted And left you cold on the floor