You make yourself
a prisoner of me
You blind yourself
so you don't have to see
you turn your life
To a power above
you make yourself
a hostage of love
You turn from me
you turn from the strain
devote yourself
To the power again
distance yourself
from all that we vow
You broke the rules
you're my hostage now
I am a sinner
and I am a saint
I am a devil
I am the ghost
at the wake
I feed the swell and pull
of your tears
as they break
I am the limit of
the load you can take
you are the pulley
And I am the winch
I am salvation
am your herald of sin
I'll take you beyond
your limits of trust
ransom yourself...
Hostage of love
you say you have
been born again
Since you slept there
in that liar's den, den
You cannot be saved
you gave your innocence
away oooh....
I've turned my cheek
and I've suffered
the blow
The truth of my story
is widely unknown
Words of derision I have
swallowed with a smile
for telling my story
I have been crucified
Now like a madman
I give my laurels to you
like a hero
Forsake my trophies
for you
though a disciple
of this devil
that is in our blood
Am I not also
your hostage of love?
You say you have
been born again
Since you slept there
in that liar's den, den
You cannot return
until your innocence
is earned
And you say you've
got to live alone
though it hurts
you'll make it
on your own, own
You cannot be saved
you gave your innocence
away ooh....
You will remain
a hostage of love...
Hostage of love....
Hostage of love....