A Foolish Arrangement

Christabel strips And slips like a dream Breaking ice with arms that gleam with pain Disdain... She throws her head And glides against the stream Throwing me her bravest smile Defiant Glittering Shivering guile "Catching a cold is quick this time But fish? Fish may take a while. " Christabel dips and slips from me And hand pushed deep inside is suddenly free Triumphant Reluctantly Struggling six legs held up for me to see "Don't be so scared It's nothing new It's the same old game Only fun with two " But fast and over and over "I can't play this game with you" Everything she tries to tell me Leaves me open mouthed and still Foolishly arrange tomorrow The way I always will Christabel trips And grips my hand But never to be saved For a second I understand And I fall with her "I'll never leave you Love you See you change into the man I want But it's not for long this thing It's not for long " --- A Foolish Arrangement - The Cure