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 vowed
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 off 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 you’re herald of sin
I’ll take you beyond your limits of trust
Ransom yourself, hostage of love
You see we’ve been born again
Since you’ve slept there in that lion’s den, den
You can not be saved
You gave your innocence away, ohh
I’ve turned my cheek and I’ve suffered the blow
Truth of my story is widely unknown
Word of derision, I have swallowed with a smile
For telling my story I have been crucified
Now like a mad man, 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 we’ve all been born again
Since you’ve slept there in that lion’s den, den
You can not return
Until your innocence is earned
And you seek out to live alone
Though it hurts to make it on your own, own
You cannot be saved
You gave your innocence away, ohh
You will be made a hostage of love
Hostage of love, hostage of love
Prevod na srpski
Talac ljubavi
Od sebe praviš moju zatvorenicu
Zaslepljuješ se da ne bi morala videti
Pretvaraš svoj život u višu silu
Od sebe praviš taoca ljubavi
Izbegavaš me, odbijaš taj napor
Ponovo se posvećuješ toj sili
Distanciraš se od svega u šta smo se kleli
Prekršila si ta pravila, sada si moj talac
Ja sam grešnik i ja sam svetac
Ja sam đavo, ja sam duh na bdenju
Ja ti dižem pritisak i brišem tvoje naviruće suze
Ja sam maksimalno opterećenje koje možeš da podneseš
Ti si kotur a ja sam vitlo
Ja sam spasenje a ti si vesnik greha
Odvešću te preko tvojih granica poverenja
Iskupi se, taocu ljubavi
Vidiš, mi smo ponovo rođeni
Pošto si spavala u toj lavljoj jazbini, jazbini
Nema ti spasa
Svoju si nevinost poklonila, ohhh
Okrenuo sam drugi obraz i dobio šamar
Moja istinita priča širom je poznata
Reči poruge sa smeškom sam progutao
Razapet sam jer sam svoju priču ispričao
Sada kao ludak, svoje lovorike dajem tebi
Kao heroj, odričem se svojih trofeja zbog tebe
Iako sledbenik ovog đavola što nam je krvi
Zar nisam i ja tvoj talac ljubavi?
Vidiš, svi smo ponovo rođeni
Pošto si spavala u toj lavljoj jazbini, jazbini
Ne možeš se vratiti
Dok svoju nevinost ne zaslužiš
A ti težiš da živiš sama
Iako boli, da uspeš sama, sama
Nema ti spasa
Svoju si nevinost poklonila, ohh
Bićeš uzeta za taoca ljubavi
Taoca ljubavi, taoca ljubavi