The day before   The matador   Watched his only love expire   Through spanish eyes      And the candles danced like ballerinas   And the fragile breath's like emphysema   But we have only life to leave   Slip into shadows like a gypsy      I saw my future only yesterday   When I awoke from a dream   The beast before me in a cloud of dust   Cruelty amused the plastic crowd      Death rattles dirty little secrets   Like a skull without a home   Etched in stone above your grave   The only son we could not save      I saw you crying only dressed in black   Our love would then become a dream   Close your eyes and find me as you sleep   Now more alive than I ever was      Inside this coliseum the crowd craves the blood of the beast   Doubtless their sense of pity is measured by the size of the victim   Arch your back and open wide, fill the void with violence   Arch your back and open wide, fill the void with violence   I know you're waiting for that day when love arrives to finally calm your heart