Verse 1:

I've written down these words that storm my mind
Trying to decipher a love that we've left undefined
Those eclipsing notions of your blameless crime

Verse 2:

I've colored paradise with these memories of you
Constructing an oubliette that comes all unglued
A hostile flaw, a perilous façade that I've fallen into

PreChorus:

On cadging knees, perilous pleas
A cacoethes I can't let go
This proclivity, to make you love me
A compulsion I can't control

You'll remain my temptation like a needle in my vein
You'll sustain that sweet sensation when I seek the pain
Consider it a wrong impression…but for not…This Heart's Obsession

You'll neglect to accept that you've left my love stained
You'll find that I am just needing somebody to blame
Consider this my only concession…but for not…This Heart's Obsession

Verse 3:

I've found that sickness is only a weakness untamed
A blessing, a curse, a deleterious disease with your name
With it's pretentious lustings that can not be restrained

PreChorus:

On cadging knees, perilous pleas
A cacoethes I can't let go
This proclivity, to make you love me
A compulsion I can't control

You'll remain my temptation like a needle in my vein
You'll sustain that sweet sensation when I seek the pain
Consider it a wrong impression…but for not…This Heart's Obsession

You'll neglect to accept that you've left my love stained
You'll find that I am just needing somebody to blame
Consider this my only concession…but for not…This Heart's Obsession

Bridge:

You are my life's sworn manifesto
A dubious sense of my own dignities
An anguished fix to a habit forming
A malaise pushing against my destiny
While you insist you're bound and trussed
What you now resist you will learn to trust
In my heart's obsession, It is not enough
No, Obsession is never quite enough

You'll remain my temptation like a needle in my vein
You'll sustain that sweet sensation when I seek the pain
Consider it a wrong impression…but for not…This Heart's Obsession

You'll neglect to accept that you've left my love stained
You'll find that I am just needing somebody to blame
Consider this my only concession…but for not…This Heart's Obsession