Jim Carroll Jealous Twin Lyrics

Jealous Twin Lyrics

She moves through the black door

She turns toward the desperate light 

With her breath like iodine

With her filigree design

She summons the fire from her hips

Flamingo blood melts down her lips



But the light would not share her,

From behind the bending mirror, pulling her within,

Like a jealous twin. There was something in her eye

Like a flawed alibi . . . I was just about to ask

When she rips apart her mask



Refrain

But me and my girl

Chase the dragon's tail

We double lock the room

We innoculate the moon



And the light glows from below

Tonight, Tonight

She hears the soft drone,

Like a pearly blade laid in silicone . . .



And the reservoir of sleep

Slides through the morning tube

Like a letter written in a dream

That is answered much too soon



And she lays across the sofa like a gold stick pin

Mascara draining down her specious grin, every notion's

Loaded motion laced in BOMBAY GIN . . . and the serpent's

Eyes are bursting as she bites into the skin



(Repeat Refrain)



She leaves a trail of broken things:

Knives . . . Lives . . . and wedding rings

And the candle drips its light

Across the fine silk floor



Someone screams for less

Someone screams for more . . .



But the light would not share her

From behind the bending mirror

Pulling her within

Like a jealous twin

There was something in her eye

Like a flawed alibi

I was just about to ask, I swear,

She ripped apart the mask



But me

And my girl

We chase the dragon's tail



We double lock the room

We innoculate the moon



And the light

Glows

From down below . . . Tonight . . . Tonight