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 avowed
You broke those rules, you're my hostage now

I am a sinner and I am a saint
I am a devil, I am a 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 and your herald of sin
I take you beyond your limits of trust
Ransom yourself, hostage of love

You see you have been born again
Since you slept there in that liar's den
You cannot be saved
You gave your innocence away

I've turned my cheek and I've suffered the blow
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 see you have been born again
Since you slept there in that liar's den
You cannot return
Until your innocence is earned

And you see you've got to live alone
Though it hurts you'll make it on your own
You cannot be saved
You gave your innocence away

You will remain a hostage of love
A hostage of love, a hostage of love
Hostage of love