"madeleine" lyrics

If it's not in her best interest, then it shouldn't be in mine
Fragile at the hinges, pages falling off the spine
Though your worry warned you, you're still beaten to the punch
Dead-eye fortune teller, it's not wisdom, it's a hunch

Don't turn your back, she'll let you in
She'll pull your card from the dregs again
Opened your scar, peeled back your skin
Out came the smoke, it's saying, "Madeleine"
Madeleine, Madeleine, oh
Madeleine, Madeleine, Madeleine, oh, oh

Once upon a whim, she taught the foxes to be sly
Letters signed with ink she spilled to darken our night sky
She's slipping through the purple rain, she's always on the hunt
Digging through the landfill, conjuring phantoms out the junk

Don't turn your back, she'll let you in
She'll pull your card from the dregs again
Opened your scar, peeled back your skin
Out came the smoke, it's saying, "Madeleine"
Madeleine, Madeleine, oh
Madeleine, Madeleine, Madeleine, oh, oh

Coming clean to state the obvious
'Cause, to break a fever, you must let it rise, oh
The disease ain't what you thought it was
You've been staring in the mirror through the eyes of a widowed angel

Don't turn your back, she'll let you in
She'll pull your card from the dregs again
Opened your scar, peeled back your skin
Out came the smoke, it's saying, "Madeleine"
Madeleine, Madeleine, oh
Madeleine, Madeleine, Madeleine, oh, oh