Here Comes The Dog
Hey I gave myself a good beating, and I cut my hair
We all search for some place quiet, even though we know it's not there
Ahh!
Why don't you fight? Why don't you run? Why don't you try resisting me some?
Here comes the dog
Why don't you speak? Welcome me back into your bones and out of the pack
Here comes the dog
You're so pink, you're so soft, you're so undecided until you take it all off
Feel my loving tongue, here I come
All you planned, all your dreams, all you know, gonna bring you to your knees, you dig?
All I am, all I feel, all I know, it's coming inside you, motherfucker!
Why don't you fight? Why don't you run? Why don't you breathe? You're not any fun
Here comes the dog
Why don't you speak? Welcome me back into your bones and out of the pack
Here comes the dog
Come take my fashion, and take my car, make me take action, oh this can't be taken too far
Feel my loving tongue, here I come
All you planned, all your dreams, all you know, gonna bring you to your knees, ah, you dig?
All I am, all I feel, all I see, it's coming inside you
Don't crawl to meet your maker on your own
You know that we could be much closer than you know
If you'd just let me take you down and paint my face red, lick your bones
I'm already in you and I'm home, get used to me, oh get used to me
Watched Over By Crows
There's a woman in the balcony weeping, licking her lips at the fall
There's a boy in the bathroom, who talks to the blade, choking back rage for it all, yeah
Outside the darkness is creeping, as the night shoves the day from the sky
And me I'm still here, still lonely and stupid, born me and I still don't know why
Yeah
There's an iron gray river that licks at it's edges, crawls through the grass outside of town
With a voice sweet as honey it beckons the faithful, and lovingly pushes them down, down, down, down
And outside daylight's receding, and the moon it's so full it's so high
And me I'm still here still stupid and lonely, can't think and I don't wanna try
There's no one searching for your weaknesses
What you're gonna do, what you're gonna feel, what you're gonna say
I'm so fucking sick of this emptiness
While the dead lay in rows, watched over by crows
We don't see, we don't speak, we don't hear, nothing at all
Don't hear nothing at all
Oh there is no shame, I see no shame in this
Change your life, search for bliss, I see no shame in this
'Cause I tell you truth is not something my friend you'll find written on the inside of your wrists
And absolute truth is not something my friend that exists is it?
And all we see is outside our cages, the whole god damned world seems to fly
Seems to me padlocks made of hallucinations, they fascinate ravens on high, high, high, and
Outside the night wont be stopped, it's waiting for someone to try, lusting to kill... all... now!
I Know
She came in loaded again, moving like sixteen satellite pictures
She came in loaded again, and the taste of the night was on her tongue
Singing "Take another look now, my friend, take another look now, my friend
You're the one (who said) to take a break and not bend
You're the one (who said) to take a break and not bend
Take another look, take another look now
Take another look, take another look now"
I know how all of this goes
The wine and the laughter flows
You push hand into flame
You push hand into the flame and you watch it like a movie
Burn, watch it burn! Can you feel something's wrong?
Your body and soul are telling you something
Time heals all wounds
But it's up to us to make the new ones
And we make 'em like this
Make 'em just like this
The glory of the dawn, we may be the few who see
Some know right from wrong, but not you or me
Singing "Take another look now, my friend, take another look now, my friend
You're the one (who said) to take a break and not bend
You're the one (who said) to take a break and not bend
Take another look, take another look now
Take another look, take another look now"
I know how all of this goes
The wine and the laughter flows
You push hand into flame
You push hand into the flame and you watch it like a movie
Burn, watch it burn! Can you feel something's wrong?
Your body and soul are telling you something
Time heals all wounds
But it's up to us to make the new ones
Just like this
Down deep inside of me there must be worth buried underneath all of the Astro-turf
But I just can't believe it, and I just keep on singing
My candle burns at both its ends, and it will not last the night
For all my foes and all my friends, it sheds a lovely light like this
Did it, had it, read that book man! Did it, had it, read it!
I know how all of this goes, I know how all of this goes
Queen Of The Goats
What a burning need we all have just to have a burning need
Stoke the flames inside us and blacken the things we see
She's naming me for the lesson, I'm the chosen one
She's naming me for the lesson, I'm the chosen one
Across the sands we ran searching for gold, stars guided her path and I followed
Becoming holy, but not sane, lying wide awake
And knowing all the while the fool I am, back into my secret home she ran
Becoming hollow, so cold, more than you can take
Restlessly clutching for something that's light-years away, too far for me
But the Queen is not quite as blinded, gifted by guidance one long, deep breath, and I'm inside out
Oh, changing me, hopelessly
With a shake of the hoof, pleasure and pain both can be games we play, and at last I can sleep
Oh, she's naming me for the lesson, I'm the chosen one
She's naming me for the lesson, I'm the chosen one
My Queen of the Goats becomes my wife, and becoming the King of the horn and the hoof am I
Becoming holy, but not sane, I might be wide awake
Restlessly clutching for something that's light-years away, too far for me, too far for me
The Queen is not quite as blinded, gifted by guidance one long, deep breath, and she's inside out
Oh come on, hopelessly
With a shake of the hoof, pleasure and pain both can be games we play, ooh, at last I can sleep
Capricorn is rising now should I give it all up just to let you know?
Should I pull the plug? Should I stop the show? Oh!
Oh, life is always crashing down in waves, and I know I will never feel the same, oh
Nobody can ever take back what has been done, why would you want to when you've seen what I've become?
Exiled
Oh to be so rested that we can withstand
These long years we sweat in the wilderness, carving and squeezing the fat from the land
From the birth of the sun god at morning we struggle beneath him, breaking our hands
Yeah there is no rest for us, there'll be no peace for us, not one seconds rest for us
We have been here so long
Though our numbers may be small there's more of us, rot you will and fertilize our dirt for us
This is our home, yeah, we're on our way home, on our way home, yeah, on our way home
While you are warm and safe, just think of us shivering, beautifully brave
Fear all that patience we've saved, know that we're coming back, black sheep who've formed a pack
Do you hear our footfalls creeping back up to your walls? Creeping back home!
Though our armies may be less there's more of us, yeah, rot you will and fertilize our dirt for us
This too is our home, yeah we're on our way home, we're coming home
Tired of being cold, and we don't care if your doors are closed
Well, once upon a time we were drinking from the golden flask
Well, once upon a time when the sun would shine, we could bask
But now that's all gone, why do we live in exile?
We come out at night, we love the night
We know it's all downhill from here
We know we're right, we know we're right
We know it's all downhill from, all downhill
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh..
Knock, knock, we're back!
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh..
Independence Day
Well you, trust no one, you can never rest, trust anyone and they'll strike while you're sleeping
And just as the sun must keep on seeking the west, everything you love will always be leaving
Yeah leaving
And the fire works explode, lighting up my way, up my way
The painting of the sky of my Independence Day, yeah of my day
I watch this world roll on and I think I might stay
Yeah, I'd like to stay
Oh now tell me, was he the one while I was gone who kept you busy?
Did he come in my place? Could he make you dizzy?
Yeah and I suppose that I got a little boy inside
And in every woman's man, is a little boy that died
Stone jumping, looking at the ocean
I've got no direction but I'm in motion
And I've got my mind, I've got my music, I've got my soul, until I lose it ride on, oh ride on
And I still remember everything, I still remember living like I did
I remember, oh, I remember
Yeah I still remember everything, under the embers I'm still burning, I'm still, still
Well and you can trust no one, well then you can never rest, trust anyone and they'll strike while you're sleeping
And just as the sun must keep on seeking the west, yeah everything you love will always be leaving, leaving
And the fire works explode, oh lighting up my way, my way
The painting of the sky of my Independence Day, yeah of my day
And I watch this beautiful world roll on and I think I might stay
Rabbit King
Feel the world moving sideways, and I panic again
Keep it all on the inside, and I walk away
Run, run rabbit!
Gotta stay cool, gotta think twice, God may be wrong, my hell is nice
This constant tension, fear of flight, got my motorcycle to cut the night
I pull the trigger, God is dead, now live in fear of myself instead
My supple mind can only guess, I'm moving on with no regrets
Don't fight it, you'll learn to like it, just crawl inside it and learn to ride it, ooh!
Gotta get high, I've been too low, God may know why,I fucking don't
Constant tension, fear of flight, got my motorcycle to cut the night
I pull the trigger, you know God is dead, and now live in fear of the self instead
My supple mind can only guess, I'm moving on with no regrets
Don't fight it, I'll learn to like it, I'll crawl inside it and learn to ride it, ooh!
Ooh! Yeah! Yeah!
Well I'll tell you, I've been the Rabbit King, I'd run from anything, holding on, cowering
I've been conquering, no longer trembling, time spent alone is empowering
Don't fight it, I kinda like it, and crawl inside it, and learn to ride
Well, I used to wake up behind the wheel, I used to hurt before I could heal
I used to cave in to any direction, I used to tolerate without discretion, yeah!
Milk Of Heaven
No don't seek control, and the milk of Heaven will flow, why would you want to keep it from anyone?
Please, please, on my knees, my heart is on my sleeve, and all I need is just one little taste of it
And all my kingdoms rise when I'm dreaming
We lie on the grass, just soaking in the life of the land
So high, God rest our souls, all you cynical would not understand
As all your kingdoms fall, and you hit the ground running, time will teach you to give in
Yeah we are born, we die, and the waves roll on
We are born, we die, and the waves roll on
Take it, taste it, feel it, this is real, shape it, seek it, feel it
We lie on the grass, soaking in the life of the land
So high, God rest our souls, all you cynical would not understand
Pull up the shades today, welcome the sun on my skin, and it feels like giving in!
We are born, and we die, and the waves roll on
We are born to die, and the waves roll on, yeah
The waves roll on
Albatross
Slowly the albatross comes down, and witless his body meets the ground
And like him I find peace, like him I get release, as the bastard son of all that's turned out wrong
Well, you've got a lot to tease me about, well, I'm just lucky, I guess
Ain't nobody talkin' bout the clothes I've been wearin', well, take it from me I've been blessed
And I've seen the desolation all their attention brings
And I learned my lesson at the back of the classroom
If your voice is a loud one, try not to say anything, oh anything at all
So won't you please be gentle with this one, he's meek and he's mild, messianic child
Can't you see he's hopelessly bold, he's bought and he's sold, and there's more than he's told
And when everything turns out wrong, he knows it'll be alright, I'm the bastard son of all that's wrong
And I've seen the desolation all their attention brings
And I learned my lesson at the back of the classroom
If your voice is a loud one, you'll never stop screaming
Well there's been so many days you have shouted it down to them
Searching the ground for a good place to land again
And you've been drifting in the meantime, aching in the meantime
You know we albatross are made to fly not land
You know we albatross are made to fly not land
You know we albatross are made to fly not land
And you'll never stop screaming
The Marriage Of The Black Sheep
He's the King of failed wishes, the Prince of near-misses, the almost ruler of a someday land
And folded inside out, he looks to himself for kicks
She throws the parties that nobody goes to, she shouts the things that nobody's supposed to
She smells of alcohol as he lights a cigarette
Yeah somebody could catch her, but nobody's tried just yet
Face to face! Sheep in space!
And that night, oh, they kissed themselves goodbye, goodbye
Without those rank and file, who walk down the aisle, they were wed in their own twisting way
And on a sweltering night, within earshot of dog fights, the cool moonlight gave them away
And then they called out, to see witchcraft and alchemy, and to be disconnected from this concrete shell
Some electric life just out of their clutches, delicious must be heaven to the hungry in hell, yeah
Face to face! Sheep in space!
That night, yeah! they kissed themselves goodbye, goodbye
They rose up off their knees, and set out to teach every one of them
Going mad by degrees, they wanted to see how far they could, bend
And that night, yeah, they kissed themselves goodbye, ooh, goodbye
Oh and, watching her leaving did him in, yeah she left him pink like busted skin
And a shallow life replaced his soul, from his bar stool home he loved adventure so
Colorblind
Rolling green of hills, swaying blue of sea
Red is the shade within you, black is the space in me
You dive beneath the grass, under sephirothic trees
Show me that I'm only blinded by my own apathy
And oh my kingdom comes my will is done
This thing I know
While God grows silent, I grow violent, breaking all the things that I need whole
And while all I love grows distant, and I keep on pissing on the lessons I so much need to know
So my turn goes, so my turn goes
Swaying hills of green, the rolling sea of blue
If you say life is beautiful I guess it must be true
In a grave beneath the grass, remember how I chose to be
Made peace with all the things I used to hate, except for me
And so my kingdom comes, my will is done
This thing I know
But as God grows silent, I keep growing violent, breaking all the things that I need whole
While all I love grows distant, and I keep on pissing on the lessons I so much need to know
So my turn goes, so my turn goes, again
Waiting For The Sun
At first flash of Eden, we race down to the sea, standing there on freedom's shore
Waiting for the sun, waiting for the sun, waiting for the sun
Can you feel it, now that spring has come? That it's time to live in the scattered sun
Waiting for the sun, waiting for the sun, waiting for the sun, waiting for the sun
Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting
Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting
Waiting for you to come along, waiting for you to hear my song
Waiting for you to come along, yeahwaiting for you to tell me what went wrong
This is the strangest life I've ever known, yeah!
Alcoholic
Very soon now, something will crack
Yeah, very soon now, something will crack
Alcoholic, yeah
Sipping from my bottle of wine, yeah sinking into my day
Got the television picking at a piece of my brain
And the next door neighbor thinks I'm insane
I'm sinking into my day, I'm sinking
And in the end, just like the crowd
I go up, then come down
And it's a fine life, that I lead
Ooh, satisfaction guaranteed
When I'm drunk, and when I drown
I'd like to fuck, but then come down
Seeking wisdom I look for friendship (But I find none)
I'm sinking into my day
And I wonder if it's something like the way they treat me?
The motherfuckers might as well come out and beat me
I'm sinking into my day, help
This sickening sin, my only home
Is not enough, just to die alone
But is a symptom, of my disease
I'm stiff and restless, so hard to please
What would you plan, when you come down
If no one wanted you around? Yeah
Sipping from my bottle of wine, yeah I'm sinking into my day
Got a television picking at a piece of my brain
The next door neighbor thinks I'm insane
I'm sinking into my day, I'm sinking
And in the end, just like a crowd
I go up, and then come down
And it's a fine life, that I lead
Satisfaction guaranteed
When I'm drunk, and when I drown
I'd like to fuck, but then come down
Equinox
While the King he screams at the likes of us
Her Majesty waits at the back of the bus
The stars willingly align, and after all, time stays on its own side
Without wings we're gathering, preparing for the rites of spring
And from the swinging of the axe to the swaying of the hips
It's such a tangled web we weave from the soul to the lips
The time to live is hard in the ticking of the clocks
As you and I make love to the equinox