There, there it is   I swear he's gonna murder that poor kid   Wait, I hear it again   Don't turn on the lights until we   Hear the way it ends      Under Peruvian skies   Vanessa regretfully waits   The story unfolds in her eyes   Where midnight hysteria's   No big surprise   Battered and bruised   Always confusing   The love that she's losing for hate   Poor Vanessa   Poor, poor Vanessa      Hey, I hope you know   I'm taking all of this with me when I go   Shame, you're not to blame   I'm the monster you created   In your daddy's name      Under Peruvian skies   Vanessa regretfully waits   The story unfolds in her eyes   Where midnight hysteria's   No big surprise   Battered and bruised   Always confusing   The love that she's losing for hate   Poor Vanessa   Poor Vanessa      Terror by night   Liar by day   Telling her secrets   Won't take them away      Under Peruvian skies   Vanessa regretfully waits   The story unfolds in her eyes   Where midnight hysteria's   No big surprise   Battered and bruised   Always confusing   The love that she's losing for hate