It's a mean bright red light I used to sit alone and watch the cars drive by He come into room to watch me cry Then leave me It's a cold dark heavy lie Show me all the ways i can tell it right I never knew what I'd have to hide until I met you Shame on my desire Look at what it made me do Getting down every night Steal and lie for you I can see you aim high You got me so close Giving me high hopes In the middle of the life I dreamt up And the life I chose It's mean bright red light I used to sit beneath and pray that time passed by He come into the room to get me high and feed me It's a cold dark empty life Tell me all the ways I can live right I never knew what it meant to die Until I met you Shame on my desire Look at what it made me do Getting down every night Steal and lie for you I can see you aim high You got me so close Giving me high hopes In the middle of the life i dreamt up And the life I chose