elvis costello - heart shaped bruise lyrics

tell me now
or are you only teasing?
i felt the cold hard facts of life
five degrees from freezing
does it amuse you to always hurt me so?
i try my best it's not enough
should i give up and let you?

what more is there to take from me?
there's nothing else to give you, dear
there's nothing more that i can lose
except this heart shaped bruise

it will fade
from purple to violet
it will fade
just as the day dissolves into twilight

tell me now
or am i only dreaming?
you said that you'd be mine for life
and now you say you're leaving
if i could hold you once more before you go
when i approach you just lash out
should i give up and let you?

what more is there to take from me?
there's nothing else to give you, dear
there's nothing more that i can lose
accept this heart shaped bruise

it will fade from purple to violet
it will fade?
she's pulling out the pin