I might be strong but I am all threads And I hold myself together with a web And you pick the strands apart Everyone unravels just a bit in the dark A gossamer ruse... Recoil from the colours you unmask Fool to meddle with the scaffold of the heart I play dead when I feel under threat When awake, I'm my own marionette I may be fragile, fighting through But they say silk is bulletproof I may be frightened facing you Still I spin out sideways from the truth A gossamer ruse... I swing between the flower and the thorn Hang resplendent with the diamonds of the morn Then I wait to trap you in delight Sudden does dawn's wander sicken down into night A gossamer ruse... And sudden do my colours re-appear And you cry out as I'm crawling ever near Time's too late to allow old regrets I devoured those that I loved the best I may be fragile, fighting through But they say silk is bulletproof I may be frightened facing you Still I spin out sideways from the truth A gossamer ruse...