Heartless Heart

I bite cuz I am ice-cold, a kitten wrapped up in clouds of sinuous snakeskin
I scratch cuz I am cornered, velvet paws enclosing baby claws tipped with poison

I don't know how to love and if that ain't bad enough, I couldn't care less
Am I damned or am I blessed with a heartless heart?

I hiss cuz I am displeased, snarled in a makeshift leash- skeins of pink satin ribbon
I growl cuz I am weary, fending off sweaty lion-tamers, mock-hero impersonators

I don't know how to love and if that ain't bad enough I couldn't care less
Am I damned or am I blessed with a heartless heart?

Strangers and guitars, it's always bloodlust and  tin stars
Strangers and guitars, it's always bloodlust and  tin stars
Bloodlust and  tin stars, bloodlust and  tin stars, bloodlust and  tin stars

I don't know how to love and if that ain't bad enough I couldn't care less
Am I damned or am I blessed with a heartless heart?