It was December 25th

In the year of the Lord 1953

I sat in the pews

Hands together praying

My timid little hands

Were strung with rosaries

I was there and so was you

You looked at me and I looked at you

In that way that only lovers knew

Like an angel of death

I could smell your coppery breath

Like an angel of hell

Your red eyes seem to read me well

That day you took me

Chorus: You asked for my soul

And somehow, I couldn’t say no

I whimpered, and I wept

As your fingers would creep

All over my body they crept

Like the wings of a butterfly

I was swept away in your eyes

And you gave me

Soft little, sweet little

Bloody kisses

And you gave me

Dark little, lush little

Bloody kisses

On that day so far away

On the Lord’s day

My soul I gave away

There was no more need to pray

I wanted to so desperately

Lie my head down

Where it was you wish to lay

In your ivory fields of catacombs

Two lonely souls

Haunting each other’s bones

In your ivory fields of stones

We played a game

And on that day

I knew I would never be the same

I made love to you in the snow

Oh, how you sheltered me from the cold

Chorus: And you asked for my soul…

Bloody kisses

Soft little, everlasting little

Bloody kisses

Delicate, persuasive little

Bloody kisses

I could taste me on your breath

I whimpered, and I shied

When we made love, I cried

Chorus: When you asked for my soul…

Then it came time

For you to let go

I know I couldn’t

But I begged

And wished to follow

That breath smelling

Sweeter than a rose

And my body begged and plead

Do what you want with me

I opened my eyes

To see what it was you gave me

Long little, lush little

Bloody kisses

Wet little, little velvet

Bloody kisses

Soft little, sweet little

Bloody kisses

Dark little, lush little

Bloody kisses

Soft little, everlasting little

Bloody kisses

Delicate, persuasive little

Bloody kisses

It was December 25th

I was bestowed

The greatest gift

That of a dark

Intimate bloody kiss…