Madder mortem

Fate, I see your stare Underneath your pale eyes All is here, holding it's breath to have life Smooth, sleek smiles howl at my door To hold me down Or move me on? The pace makes it unclear They smell...

Speak so softly, I will hear you Though your words are uncincere All your talk amounts to nothing And that nothing's not for me Through a thousand smooth evasions Your voice still rings in my ears If...

I see myself through read, dead eyes I make myself this prison For Babylon the time has come This time I'm sure you'll listen This is the day (A given word) This is the hour (was broken twice)...

This is all yours if you want it My sick landscape, dry and fevered My survival and the hunger Growing older in a heartbeat You took us by surprise Stepped in where no one goes In forcing open doors...

Blood to bind and love to damn me Formed in clay, the fire has made me faceless Torn to shreds, but I'm still standing Never sleeping, never blinded Sweetness taken from me in the moment I misspent...

Spelling my name in analogies Pulling your eyelids down Over my silence, over your blind eyes Building myself an anomaly Building with breaking hands Shutting the noise out Driving the nails in I have...

You make my blood boil You make me real You show me what my life could be You make my eyes burst with stinging joy You chain me down and I am free The time for laugh has gone by Now you should bow...

Oh, it's really alluring These mortal sins of the flesh I never toy with amusement And I have no time for repent Down over my head Silence, nothing unpleasant has been said Define me and touch me and...

Turn, turn Let the rosegrove burn Turn, turn Watch the flies and learn Turn, turn Grinding it down Turn, turn Make it go on Sleep tight, wait long Hold on, stay strong There is a beast within And...

A daring step The waiting crowd A hungry child must learn to bow Yes, this is all the bitter truth The gritty sand beneath your feet The taste of failure on your mouth This is a game of hurt Yes, this...