[00:02.01].
[00:03.32].
[00:04.88].
[00:14.14]I threw a rose to the matador,
[00:17.27]not sure who I was cheering for
[00:20.26]My aim was true, my heart was full,
[00:23.64]I loved the fighter and the bull
[00:29.70]I loved like only a woman can,
[00:33.46]a very complicated man
[00:36.01]I bound his wounds, I heard his cries,
[00:39.45]I gave him truth, I told him lies
[00:43.26].
[00:58.40]His rage is made of many things
[01:01.91]faithless women, wedding rings
[01:04.91]Snakes and snails and alcohol,
[01:07.66]his daddy's fist thrown through the wall
[01:13.41]Ah but he's beautiful when he's in the ring,
[01:17.35]the devil howls, the angels sing
[01:20.53]Sparks fly from his fingertips
[01:23.54]and words like birds fly from his lips
[01:27.41].
[01:29.87]Some man is lyin' in the dirt
[01:32.94]Some woman's crying that he's hurt
[01:36.19]But he's not alive without the thrill
[01:39.62]Without the dance, without the kill
[01:45.56]The lights go down, the people roar
[01:48.88]They're cheering on the matador
[01:52.07]And this is how the story goes
[01:55.45]I knew it when I threw the rose
[01:59.25].
[02:11.01]I come to each and every show;
[02:14.26]the woman in the second row
[02:17.20]I watch them in their ancient dance
[02:21.45]and I know I never stood a chance
[02:26.57]'Cause while other demons prance and clown,
[02:30.32]it's vanity that takes you down
[02:33.13]I thought that I could be the one,
[02:36.84]but I'm just another hanger-on
[02:40.65].
[02:42.40]Some man is bleedin' in the dirt
[02:44.76]
[02:45.56]Some woman's crying that she's hurt
[02:48.87]But who are we without the thrill
[02:52.12]Without the dance, without the kill
[02:58.18]And he is bull and matador
[03:01.64]And I'm the mother and the whore
[03:04.70]And this is how the story goes
[03:08.26]I knew it when I threw the rose
[03:12.70]
[03:14.56].
[03:23.62]I threw a rose to the matador,
[03:26.56]not sure who I was cheering for
[03:29.74]My aim was true, my heart was full
[03:33.18]I loved the fighter and the bull
[03:38.24].