Band of susans

The weeks pass by hand in hand With the melting ice in your glass The soldiers have returned from their crusades And landed on the coast Drawn by a spotlight like moths to a flame Betrayed by the kiss...

Elizabeth Stride, born with clear blue eyes open wide Plays in fields of flowers red and white Games of seek and hide Papa never lets her from his sight The cows and horses breed Father plants the...

The hollow point bullet that bares my name was sold up in the Bronx just yesterday The poison-tipped arrow that will pierce my heart was sold under the counter at a liquor store The voice of God is...

The trees are on fire The sky is stained black and brown The ships in the bay have crashed on the rocks Their hulls bleed black and foul We track this satellite as it crashes to the ground Crawling...

When the dust settled everything was in doubt You didn't know where to turn You were still off balance Your mind wanders back in time A thousand drinks ago And you're an optimist It's a bit hazy now...

They've mined the road we're on They're watching the road with their searchlights And the lights burn like frostbite The lights burn cold

I read you made the final cut I guess the ice in your veins thawed just long enough You've told yourself it's all for the best Now you'll cast your spells one by one like all the rest The stage is set...

Love mixed with dread for the living and the dead Who fill my dreams Visions in my head, ghosts and angels share my bed Nothing's what it seems Night lasts so long, shadows all around Same serenade,...

The cops on the line All nightstick and shoeshine Keep their eyes on the prize and hope for a riot The usual suspects are the ones who we despise They've called off their search But they won't call in...

You think you know it all You work hard enough but your job seems dull I could've been you, but I prefer not to Choose your targets you say My eye's on the bull's eye Right on the mark I'm staring at...