They say the price of love is a black hole Where your friends were Where your social life sits Pulled into a chasm of family engagements And trips to the garden centre That is true enough if you choose it Or it chooses you, I forget which You could marry yourself to an orphan girl And over compensate on her birthday Well I don't need koi carp swimming around my feet And auburn haired children blocking my path As I run to the disabled bathroom Topping off a 12 hour drinking spree Well I don't need koi carp swimming around my feet And auburn haired children blocking my path As I run to the disabled bathroom Topping off a 12 hour drinking spree Well they say the price of love is a lot of things They say a lot if you give them the chance They will say it all and loudly Sometimes they will say it more than once I'm reading you like a pamphlet That I picked up from an idiot On a unicycle in the town square He is sad now, he was sadder then I am reading you like a pamphlet That I picked up from an idiot On a unicycle in the town square He is sad now, he was sadder then Now I'm reading you by a candle side And it breaks my heart in two You can kid yourself that your dreams amount to more than counting backwards from four It's a dangerous thing Ambrosia Just buy the cream Apply it to the scar and wait for anything else Way down in the plastics Way down in the plugs Way down in the carpet A metaphor needs a better home Way down in the plastics Way down in the plugs Way down in the carpet A metaphor needs a better home A rich kid stole the ball The rich kid stole the ball The rich kid stole the ball The rich kid stole the ball