Consumer
Pay me, and the burden goes away
a taste of silver will keep monsters at bay
and it’s sure to crawl, and it’s sure to please
as villains point, and smiles are enemies
Just let me crawl
Just let me breed
You’ll feed every time I need
water your paunch with what drips from me
it’s a trickle down, trickle disease
it’s been going around… around for centuries
Just let me crawl
Just let me breed
Lay me down, these curtains fall, I need to crown, I need to crawl
I lay my head unto you and rest. I lay my head unto you.
Temples
Loan me tonight to pay the debt my father made
temples are built to bring these holy vagrancies
Let loose the tongue
sermons spun in spades
and mine is the gold, displayed, exchanged
while my head’s in the shade
Kneeling and conjuring
new flesh from ash and grain
choking on revelries
fucking to find a name
Let loose the tongue
sermons spun in spades
and mine is the gold, displayed, exchanged
while my head’s in the shade
Cut me open, remove the curtain…
Do Away
Leave the bar, undress the skin
whispers in the vein “let him in”
before the gun, before the grin
a hollow cold creeping in
…why can’t I see who buries me?
I do away with everyone
HA HA
I think I know how they stare
eyes flee the skull and disappear
a crown of insults against my ear
to come down is to come near
…why can’t I see who buries me?
I do away with everyone
HA HA
HA…
Zoetrope
Do you see what I see? A body stolen in light
beaten down and wasted, staying cold’s so outta sight, yeah
Is it cool to feel this way?
Tell me it’s cool, I don’t want to fake it
stolid hands over feet that shake. Lift the veil and take…
Do you see what I see? (Yeah)
Do you think that way? (Yeah)
I can’t control my need to control (Yeah)
So keep the illusion and mystery
Hands flow and jackroll
watch this magic demonstrate
looky here….now drum roll
this body’s become another case, yeah
Is it cool to feel this way?
Tell me it’s cool, I don’t want to fake it
stolid hands over feet that shake. Lift the veil and take…
Do you see what I see? (Yeah)
Do you think that way? (Yeah)
I can’t control my need to control (Yeah)
So keep the illusion and mystery
Gluttony
Hold your breath for a while, dream in voices, have a child
nothing to wait for but the breeze
Cut your mouth at the seams, make your final drug naphthalene
and lay down to rest, lay down
Peel the skin and let it run, let it pour, let it roam
feel the fat as it clots the gums, the eyes, and bone
Oh, mosquito friends suck the poisons suck them dry
suck it away, I want to give it to you now
mosquito friends, whatever poisons are within…suck them away
or it’s hate that will roam here, bleeding for you
hate that will roam
settle down, accept aplomb, revelations of the bone
call it a stance, call it a home
…I’ll call it a tomb
Oh, mosquito friends suck the poisons suck them dry
suck it away, I want to give it to you now
mosquito friends, whatever poisons are within…suck them away
or it’s hate that will roam here, bleeding for you
hate that will roam
Between Devils
Round and round it goes, disease
turning through the mind
to kill, to flow, no choice but decide
a feast for crows, a pleasure to the eyes
to leap, who knows, maybe depth is wide
Does anyone care about my soul?
Does anyone care?
“Make me your demon and I will I swear”
Oh, between the two, between the two
which devil will stop me now?
I’ve heard it all before, the pleas
filling fields and fires
to heed, to choke
everything inspires
“But I bleed, and you don’t”
yeah, tell me once again
lay down, in smoke
or lay down and breathe in
Does anyone care about my soul?
Does anyone care?
“Make me your demon, and I will I swear”
Oh, between the two, between the two
which devil will stop me now?
Just Stop
Dance, like you’ve never danced before
sweat it out, I want an ocean on the floor
drown, this deluge of misery
and cleanse- I want you clean for me
Why do we believe this cliche
all that’s wet can wash it away?
But that stain…
why do we continue that way
under covers can keep us safe?
Oh you fool, just stop
It’s tired
all the lines and moves, the same
it’s tired, to do what you do, the same
Work, forget the monsters you’ve made
sweat it out, no time to scrimp or save
drown, this deluge of memories
and cleanse- I want you clean for me
Why do we believe this cliche
all that’s wet can wash it away?
But that stain…
why do we continue that way
under covers can keep us safe?
Oh you fool, just stop
It’s tired
all the lines and moves, the same
it’s tired, to do what you do, the same