Do you wanna wear your monkey suit, all for me?
I don't wanna wear my monkey suit, when I stand before you.
Do you wanna wear your whitest dress, when you go and meet the goddess?
I don't wanna wear my whitest dress when I go to meet the goddess
No monkey suit, nor whitest dress,
I go to you sans ornament,
You will take me as I am,
Or cast me from your garden--
These holy roses I construct,
They crumble at the lightest touch,
So I place upon your altar only me.
Have you heard the mermaid cry in the middle of the night?
Yes, I've heard the mermaid crying beside me every night.
Do you wanna pay to play, play with me?
I don't wanna pay to play, wanna play with you for free.
Well, in mermaids' tears I pay to play,
I tire of this masquerade,
Either you will take me as I am,
Or exile me to an island,
Where I'll compose my best poetry--
My Odes to Melancholy,
Where I place upon your altar only me.
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