you opened up your door
I couldn't believe my luck
you in your new blue dress
taking away my breath
the cradle is soft and warm
couldn't do me no harm
you're showing me how to give

into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into temptation
a muddle of nervous words

could never amount to betrayal
the sentence is all my own
the price is to watch it fail
as I turn to go
you looked at me for half a second
with an open invitation
for me to go


into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into temptation
safe in the wide open arms of hell


we can go sailing in
climb down, lose yourself when you linger long
into temptation
right where you belong
the guilty get no sleep

in the last slow hours of morning
experience is cheap
I should've listened to the warning
but the cradle is soft and warm


into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into your wide open arms
no way to break the spell

break this spell
don't te