Paul England - Mona Lisa Lyrics

I gazed upon the face of Mona Lisa and she turned her eyes from me
Then she whispered in the darkness, "I'm a scholar, can't you see?"
"I'm waiting for the man who will meet me in a Florentine salon
Where we'll speak of one revolution or another all night long"

We shared our nights before the crow had landed and wisdom softened her glow
Back when love was like a river that consumed us in its flow
But time was not a stranger when he led her from this brook
Toward the palace by the ocean with walls as thin as the pages of a holy book

But I myself had never known surrender, so I took this crown of thorns
And I followed the trail of animals who were slaughtered for their horns
When I came unto her palace, I declared myself a king
And reigned over all the animals at the bottom of her string

I gazed upon the face of Mona Lisa and her veins began to swell
Then I whispered in the darkness, "You don't look quite so well"
"I thought you were a paragon, but I see your shirt is stained
So leave me at the edge of the river and never look back again"