Lyric

I bought a house of sweets

On a crooked little lane

Sugar on the windowpanes

Salt tucked in the grain

The floorboards told me secrets

With a tap and sleepy groan

A moon hung in the pantry

Like a button bone

Oh, the frosting looks so fine

But I know that shine

Bite too deep and you’ll find

What’s under all that pine

Sugar windows, bitter moon

Sweet talk drips, then turns too soon

Sugar windows, bitter moon

I laugh at danger, then it laughs soon

Sugar windows, bitter moon

Keep your spoon and keep your tune

Sugar windows, bitter moon

I kiss the dark and it kisses me too

The kettle came in velvet

With a hiss and a sly little grin

My teacups wore their lipstick

And my nerves wore paper skin

A clarinet in the hallway

Sang like a cat in a crown

The trumpet muted midnight

And the whole room leaned right down

Oh, the icing tastes like lace

But there’s iron in the trace

If I stay and lick the plate

I know my fate by face

Sugar windows, bitter moon

Sweet talk drips, then turns too soon

Sugar windows, bitter moon

I laugh at danger, then it laughs soon

Sugar windows, bitter moon

Keep your spoon and keep your tune

Sugar windows, bitter moon

I kiss the dark and it kisses me too

Maybe I was born for this

This half-bad, half-blessed feast

A little bruise on every kiss

A little grin on every feast

So pour me one more moonbeam

And slide that sugar tray

If the ending looks like trouble

Well, trouble knows my name

Sugar windows, bitter moon

Sweet talk drips, then turns too soon

Sugar windows, bitter moon

I laugh at danger, then it laughs soon

Sugar windows, bitter moon

Keep your spoon and keep your tune

Sugar windows, bitter moon

I kiss the dark and it kisses me too