In denial of the thoughts that our feelings dissolve
 Your words were always chosen wisely, disguising all intent
 Amidst the poetry, I thought I heard you say,

 "Let's make a deal, a diamond for disease...
 Oh, Christ, it's a fair trade! diamond for disease."

 Then the promise of never was as embracing as the act of strangulation
 The idea of forever became the grandest humiliation

 I keep remembering your words, spoken in the guise of an oath, the promise of never
 Now never is all I ever receive, never, and the knowledge of your disease
 Those two words spoken aloud, I do, the promise of never
 Yet I [bad word]  like a moth to a flame in assurance of pain
 Still [bad word]  a breathing deathwish, with daggers drawn

 "Let's make a deal, a diamond for disease...
 Oh, Christ, it's a fair trade! diamond for disease."

 Always denying the idea that the mystery's resolved
 Examined closely, disguising all intent
 Amidst our screaming, I know I heard you say,

 "Let's make a deal, a diamond for disease...
 Oh, Christ, it's a fair trade! diamond for disease."

 If that's your idea of forever, I would gladly take strangulation
 Your idea of forever is the grandest humiliation

 Yet I never know how loosely you used the word "friend"
 In time I learned, a diamond for disease

 This I cannot forgive, but only you know the [bad word] 
 Your matrimony was silenced
 All vows forgotten and the burden placed on me to aid you from the marriage bed

 That's when the promise of never became as embracing as strangulation
 Your idea of forever, the grandest humiliation
 Yet I [bad word]  like a moth to a flame in assurance of pain
 Still [bad word]  a breathing deathwish, with daggers drawn

 In denial of the thoughts that our feelings dissolve

 Your secrets, they follow, and shadows always show the path to the fallen,
 Those liars wielding daggers
 Take your skin away, wield the liar's dagger

 Because along this path are fragile whispers guiding me with guilt
 And though they scream the faintest lies
 They lead me to the knowledge that your words were chosen wisely

 Disguised was all intent.

 Within the deceit, I know I heard you say...

 For now, for forever; from the start, this was the deal
 "diamond for disease."