While you are away
My heart comes undone
Slowly unravels
In a ball of yarn

The devil collects it
With a grin
Our love
In a ball of yarn

He'll never return it
So when you come back
We'll have to make new love

He'll never return it
When you come back
We'll have to make new love

While you are away
My heart comes undone
Slowly unravels
In a ball of yarn

The devil collects it
With a grin
Our love, our love
In a ball of yarn

He'll never return it
When you come back
We'll have to make new love

He'll never return it
When you come back
We'll have to make new love

Oh he'll, he'll never return it
When you come back
We'll have to make new love
He'll never return it
When you come back
We'll have to make new love


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    Yadarfyn, when she says "we'll have to make new love," she probably isn't referring to sex. She says the devil collects their love and will never return it. But that doesn't mean she (and they) can't make it again. Defying the devil in the honor of love. See Orange_Morendo's comment, too. Amazing song.

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