| The day was nearly over |
| They were hosing down the house |
| They caught sight of her poor body |
| In the rushes and the mud |
| She lay where she had fallen |
| They had hunted high and low |
| The winter had come early |
| And she had been covered up by snow |
| It took an hour to cut her |
| From the spot where she was found |
| A bright red velvet ribbon |
| Was tangled in her gown |
| Her skin was icy white |
| Her veins were thin and blue |
| There was black ink on her fingers |
| And blood on her toes and her shoes |
| Bees made honey upon her lips |
| Lips I’ve waited so long to kiss |
| She seemed so pure without a doubt |
| 'Til the last red drop bled out |
| Destroying angels |
| I knew you so well |
| Destroying angels |
| No lies will you tell |
| No lies will you tell |
| Some things they are so painful |
| No words for them exist |
| And everyone was solemn |
| As they laid her in the dirt |
| I stood trembling by her graveside |
| With everybody else |
| My sins and all my secrets burn |
| Like inside my chest |
| I could tell you that I loved you more |
| Than I ever loved myself |
| I could swear I’d never harm a hair |
| Upon her lovely head |
| But I stole her savage beauty |
| She will never lie again |
| I stuffed her full of death caps |
| And it killed my angel dead |
| Bees made honey upon her lips |
| Lips I’ve waited so long to kiss |
| She seemed so pure without a doubt |
| 'Til the last red drop bled out |
| Destroying angels |
| I knew you so well |
| Destroying angels |
| No lies will you tell |
| No lies will you tell |
| Destroying angels |
| I knew you so well |
| Destroying angels |
| No lies will you tell |
| No lies will you tell |
| No more lies |
| No more lies |
| No more lies |