The Only Daughter - David Sylvian, Ryoji Ikeda

She was, she was

A friend of mine

Do us a favour, your one and only warning

Please be gone by morning

She was, she was

A friend of mine

Inconsistencies

Words on paper

The track still warm

I came to hate her

Smitten no longer

Me, the only daughter

Render the vow

It’s my home now

This, your one and only warning

Please be gone by morning

And if the ending is clean

The quirk, the fuss, the vaseline

She won’t even see it coming

Roll them over, roll them over, roll them over

Me, the only daughter

She was, she was a friend of mine

Smitten no longer

Me, the only daughter

Render the vow

It’s my home now

The penny’s dropped

The room’s in order

I masked the spot

Me, the only daughter

Do us a favour, your one and only warning

Please be gone by morning