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Your cruel device
your blood, like ice
One look, could kill
My pain, your thrill
I want to love you but I better not touch (don?t touch)
I want to hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison, running through my veins
Poison
I don't want to break these chains
Your mouth, so hot
Your web, I'm caught
Your skin, so wet
Black lace, on sweat
I hear you calling and it's needles and pins (and pins)
I want to hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't want to touch you but you're under my skin (deep in)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison, running through my veins
Poison
I don't want to break these chains
Poison...
(guitar solo)
One look, could kill
My pain, your thrill
I want to love you but I better not touch (don?t touch)
I want to hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (to much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison, running through my veins
Poison
I don't want to break these chains
Poison (Poi-son)
I want to love you but I better not touch (don?t touch)
I want to hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
Yeah
Well I don't want to break these chains
Poison
Runnin' deep inside my veins
Burnin' deep inside my brain
Poison
And I don't want to break these chains
Poison
your blood, like ice
One look, could kill
My pain, your thrill
I want to love you but I better not touch (don?t touch)
I want to hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison, running through my veins
Poison
I don't want to break these chains
Your mouth, so hot
Your web, I'm caught
Your skin, so wet
Black lace, on sweat
I hear you calling and it's needles and pins (and pins)
I want to hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
Don't want to touch you but you're under my skin (deep in)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison, running through my veins
Poison
I don't want to break these chains
Poison...
(guitar solo)
One look, could kill
My pain, your thrill
I want to love you but I better not touch (don?t touch)
I want to hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (to much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
You're poison, running through my veins
Poison
I don't want to break these chains
Poison (Poi-son)
I want to love you but I better not touch (don?t touch)
I want to hold you, but my senses tell me to stop
I want to kiss you but I want it too much (too much)
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison
Yeah
Well I don't want to break these chains
Poison
Runnin' deep inside my veins
Burnin' deep inside my brain
Poison
And I don't want to break these chains
Poison
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Track duration: 04:31
"Poison" as written by Desmond Child, John M. Mccurry, Alice Cooper
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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1.you cruel device= your needle.
your blood like ice= how it feels when the heroin is in your veins.
one look could kill= metaphor for how strong of a drug it is.
my pain your thrill= how the drug loves to see you hurting for more of it.
2.i want to love you but i better not touch= he wants it but it's too addictive.
i want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop= once again too addictive.
i want to kiss you but i want it too much= the cravings for it is too much.
i want to taste you but your lips are venomous posion=too addictive once again.
your poison running through my veins= obviously a reference to shooting up.
i don't wanna break these chains= he doesn't want to stop even though his addicting is chaining him down.
3.Your mouth, so hot= you start getting hot before you get your fix of dope.
Your web, I'm caught= he's strung out and caught up in the drug.
Your skin, so wet= talking about how to heroin is wet when it's in the spoon.
Black lace, on sweat= black lace is a metaphor for heroin and he's talking about sweating from anticipating his next shot.
4.I hear you calling and it's needles and pins= needles and pins are what you get when you do a shot of dope that is really good. also called "a rush"
I want to hurt you just to hear you screaming my name=self explanatory.
Don't want to touch you but you're under my skin= dont want it but it's too late to stop because he is already addicted and the needle is under his skin.
I want to taste you but your lips are venomous poison= the drug is poision.
You're poison, running through my veins= obviously talking about heroin in his veins.
This song has a lot of interpretations though. At its core, it's about desiring something that is bad for you, which really could be anything.
Sounds to me like she's hurting him in some way... Possibly leading him on, cheating on him, or just plain not interested. Either way he seems to be obsessing over her and that's why she's poison to him.
"I don't want to break these chains"
Even though she's messing him up, he doesn't want to give up on the thought so he's stuck in a dilemma. Also, this line of the song pretty much nullifies the idea that it could be about drugs or alcohol, because he would definitely want to break the chains
I'm thinking this song is about a prostitute or some other desirable woman, but she is poisonous: diseases (like AIDS), invading his mind against his will, she's bad for his life, etc. The chains are the metaphorical bindings to a true relationship he's already in. He doesn't want to cheat.
That's how I immediately saw this song. About a desirable person he should not be desiring.
"My pain, your thrill." Similar to how GrtOne41 put this, I think this means that--regardless if she knows he's in a relationship or not--she'd enjoy being with him, but he would not enjoy being with her because she's poisonous to his life (literally, figuratively, etc.).
"I want to hold you but my senses tell me to stop..."
"...I want to kiss you but your lips are venomous poison"
Like they've hurt you so many times, yet you can't get enough. It's like a feeling of being trapped, and there is no way out. This song is so awesome, but so sad :(
one night i met up with my ex & some friends, went bar hoppin...i saw this video in one of the bars & told him i loved the song, couldnt really hear it but put two together & thats us. we ended up kissing that night, about 2 weeks later he got another girlfriend...and this somehow became her song for him? THAT SH!T WAS MY SONG!
20 y/o little girl dont know sh** about this!
[my rant]