from the album "Mer de Noms"
THE HOLLOW
Run, desire; run, sexual being,Run him like a blade to and through the heart,
No conscience, one motive: cater to the hollow.
Screaming, feed me here, fill me up again.
Temporarily pacify this hungering.
So grow, libido throw dominoes of indiscretions down,
Falling all around in cycles, in circles,
Constantly consuming, conquer and devour.
Cause it's time to bring the fire down,
Bridle all this indiscretion long enough to edify
And permanently fill this hollow.
Screaming, feed me here, fill me up again.
Temporarily pacifying.
MAGDALENA
Overcome by your moving temple.Overcome by this holiest of altars.
So pure, so rare to witness such an earthly goddess
That I've lost my self control,
Beyond compelled to throw this dollar
Down before your holiest of altars.
I'd sell my soul, my self esteem a dollar at a time.
One chance, one kiss, one taste of you, my Magdalena.
I bear witness to this place, this prayer, so long forgotten;
So pure, so rare to witness such an earthly goddess
That I'd sell my soul, my self esteem a dollar at a time
For one chance, one kiss, one taste of you, my black Madonna.
I'd sell my soul, my self esteem a dollar at a time
For one taste, one taste, one taste of you, my Magdalena.
ROSE
Don't disturb the beast, the temperamental goat, the snail,While he's feeding on the rose.
Stay frozen, compromise what I will, I am.
Bend around the wind, silently thrown about again,
I'm treading so soft and lightly compromising my will, I am.
I am, I will, so no longer will I lay down, play dead,
Play your doe in the headlights, locked down and terrified,
Your deer in the headlights, shot down and horrified.
When push comes to pull, comes to shove,
Comes to step around this self destructing dance
That never would have ended til I rose,
I roared aloud here, I will, I am.
I am, I will, so no longer will I lay down, lay dead, play this.
Kneel down, gun shy martyr, pitiful,
I rose, I roared, I will, I am.
JUDITH
You're such an inspiration for the ways that I will never ever choose to be.Oh so many ways for me to show you how your saviour has abandoned you.
Fuck your God, your Lord, your Christ.
He did this, took all you had and left you this way.
Still you pray, you never stray, you never taste of the fruit,
You never thought to question why.
It's not like you killed someone.
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into His side.
Praise the one who left you broken down and paralysed;
He did it all for you.
Oh so many ways for me to show you how your dogma has abandoned you.
Pray to your Christ, to your God, never taste of the fruit.
Never stray, never break, never choke on a lie,
Even though He's the one who did this to you,
You never thought to question why.
It's not like you killed someone.
It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into His side.
Talk to Jesus Christ as if He knows the reasons why
He did it all for you.
ORESTES
Metaphor for a missing moment,Pull me into your perfect circle.
One womb, one shape, one resolve.
Liberate this will to release us all.
Got to cut away, clear away, snip away and sever this
Umbilical residue keeping me from killing you
And from pulling you down with me in here.
I can almost hear you scream.
Give me one more medicated peaceful moment.
I don't want to feel this overwhelming hostility.
Got to cut away, clear away, snip away and sever this
Umbilical residue that's keeping me from killing you.
3 LIBRAS
Threw you the obvious, and you flew with it on your back,A name in your recollection, down among a million same.
Difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed, passed over
When I look right through to see you naked but oblivious
And you don't see me.
I threw you the obvious, just to see if there's more behind
The eyes of a fallen angel, eyes of a tragedy.
Here I am expecting just a little bit too much from the wounded,
But I see, see through it all, see through, and see you.
Cause I threw you the obvious to see
What occurs behind the eyes of a fallen angel, eyes of a tragedy.
Well, oh well, apparently nothing, apparently nothing at all.
You don't see me at all.
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Delusional, I believe I could cure it all for you, dear,Coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you,
Make it right for you, Sleeping Beauty,
Truly thought I could magically heal you.
You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening;
I'm failing miserably to rescue.
Sleeping Beauty.
Drunk on ego, truly thought I could make it right
If I kissed you one more time to help you face the nightmare,
But you're far too poisoned for me.
Such a fool to think that I could wake you from your slumber,
That I could actually heal you.
Sleeping Beauty, poisoned and hopeless.
You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening,
Failing miserably to find a way to comfort you.
Far beyond a visible sign of your awakening,
Hiding from some poisoned memory.
Poisoned and hopeless, Sleeping Beauty.
THOMAS
Humble and helpless, I'm learning to pray,Praying for visions to show me the way,
Show me the way to forgive you, allow me to let it go,
Allow me to be forgiven, show me the way to let go,
Illuminate me.
I'm just praying for you to show me where I'm to begin.
Hoping to reconnect to you.
THINKING OF YOU
Lying all alone and restless, unable to lose this image,Sleepless, unable to focus on anything but your surrender.
Tugging a rhythm to the vision that's in my head,
Tugging a beat to the sight of you lying,
So delighted with a new understanding,
Something about a little evil that makes that
Unmistakable noise I was hearing,
Unmistakable sound that I know so well,
Spent and sighing with a look in your eye,
Spent and sweating with a look on your face like
Sweet revelation, sweet surrender.
Thinking of you.
Sweet revelation, sweet surrendering, sweet revelation.
BREÑA
My reflection wraps and pulls me underHealing waters to be bathed in breña.
Guide me safely in, worlds I've never been to.
Heal me, heal me, my dear breña.
Vulnerable, but it's alright.
Heal me, heal me, my dear breña.
Show me lonely and show me openings
To lead me closer to you, my dear breña.
Vulnerable, but it's alright.
Opening to heal.
OVER
Been over this before.So over this, been over this, over this before.
from the album “Thirteenth Step”
THE PACKAGE
Clever got me this far, then tricky got me in.Eye on what I'm after, I don't need another friend.
Smile and drop the cliché til you think I'm listening.
I take just what I came for, then I'm out the door again.
Peripheral on the package, don't care to settle in.
Time to feed the monster, I don't need another friend.
Comfort is a mystery crawling out of my own skin.
Just give me what I came for, and I'm out the door again.
Lie to get what I came for, lie to get just what I need,
Lie to get what I crave, lie and smile to get what's mine.
Eye on what I'm after, I don't need another friend.
Nod and watch your lips move if you need me to pretend,
Because clever got me this far, then tricky got me in.
I'll take just what I came for, then I'm out the door again.
Lie to get what I came for, lie to get what I need now,
Lie to get what I'm craving, lie and smile to get what's mine.
Give this to me, take what's mine, this is mine.
WEAK AND POWERLESS
Tilling my own grave to keep me level, jam another dragon down the hole,Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren,
One that pushes me along and leaves me so desperate and ravenous,
I'm so weak and powerless over you.
Someone feed the monkey while I dig in search of China
White as Dracula as I approach the bottom,
Desperate and ravenous, so weak and powerless over you.
Pale angel go away, come again some other day,
The devil has my ear today, I'll never hear a word you say.
Promised I would find a little solace and some piece of mind,
Whatever just as long as I don't feel so desperate and ravenous,
I'm so weak and powerless over you.
THE NOOSE
So glad to see you well, overcome and completely silent now,With Heaven's help, you cast your demons out,
And not to pull your halo down around your neck and tug you off your cloud,
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're planning to go about making your amends to the dead.
Recall the deeds as if they're all someone else's atrocious stories.
Now you stand reborn before us all, so glad to see you well.
And not to pull your halo down around your neck and tug you to the ground,
But I'm more than just a little curious
How you're planning to go about making your amends to the dead
With your halo slipping down to choke you now.
BLUE
I didn't want to know, I just didn't want to know.Best to keep things in the shallow end, cause I never quite learned how to swim.
I just didn't want to know.
Close my eyes just to look at you, taken by the seamless vision.
I close my eyes, ignore the smoke.
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, such a lovely colour for you.
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, while I just sit and stare at you.
Because I don't want to know.
I didn't want to know, I just didn't want to know.
Mistook the nods for an approval, just ignore the smoke and smile.
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, such a lovely colour for you.
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, such a perfect colour for your eyes.
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, such a lovely colour for you.
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, while I just sit and stare at you.
I don't want to know.
VANISHING
Disappear, higher, into the air, slowly disappear, no longer here.Disappear, thinner, into the air, never really here, wasn't ever.
(Like a thought brushing up against a sigh.)
Floating away, vanishing like a cyan Sunday.
Disappear, vanish into the air, slowly disappear, never really here.
A STRANGER
Cast the calming apple up and over satellitesTo draw out the timid wild one, to convince you it's alright,
And I listen for the whisper of your sweet insanity
While I formulate denials of your affect on me.
You're a stranger, so what do I care?
You vanished today, not the first time I hear all the lies.
What am I to do with all this silence?
Shy away, phantom, run away, terrified child,
Won't you move away, you fucking tornado,
I'm better off without you tearing my will down.
THE OUTSIDER
Help me if you can, it's just that this is not the way I'm wired, so could you pleaseHelp me understand why you give in to all these reckless dark desires,
You're lying to yourself again, suicidal imbecile, think about it, put it on the fault line,
What'll it take to get it through to you, precious?
Come over this, why do you want to throw it away like this?
Such a bitch, why do I want to watch you disconnect and self destruct one moment at a time?
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die.
Medicated drama queen, picture perfect numb belligerence,
Narcissistic drama queen, craving fame and all this decadence.
Lying through your teeth again, suicidal imbecile, think about it, put it on the fault line,
What'll it take to get it through to you, precious?
Come over this, why do you want to throw it away like this?
Such a bitch, why do I want to watch you disconnect and self destruct one moment at a time?
What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die.
They were right about you.
Lying to my face again, suicidal imbecile, think about it, put it on the fault line,
What'll it take to get it through to you, precious?
Come over this, why do you want to throw it away like this?
Disconnect and self destruct one moment at a time,
What's your hurry, everyone will have his day to die.
If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere,
Do it somewhere far away from here.
THE NURSE WHO LOVED ME
Say hello to the rug's topography,It holds quite a lot of interest with your face down on it.
Say hello to the shrinking in your head,
You can't see it but you know it's there, so don't neglect it.
I'm taking her home with me, all dressed in white.
She's got everything I need, pharmacy keys.
She's falling hard for me, I can see it in her eyes.
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys.
Say hello to all the apples on the ground,
They were once in your eyes, but you sneezed them out while sleeping.
Say hello to everything you've left behind,
It's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it.
I'm taking her home with me, all dressed in white.
She's got everything I need, some pills in a little cup.
She's falling hard for me, I can see it in her eyes.
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys.
PET
Don't fret precious, I'm here, step away from the window, go back to sleep.Lay your head down, child, I won't let the bogeyman come.
Count the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums.
Pay no mind to the rabble, head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war drums.
Pay no mind what other voices say, they don't care about you like I do.
Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils,
See, they don't give a fuck about you like I do.
Just stay with me, safe and ignorant, go back to sleep.
Lay your head down, child, I won't let the bogeyman come.
Count the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums.
Pay no mind to the rabble, head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war drums.
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons.
I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason.
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices, son.
One and the same, I must isolate you, isolate and save you from yourself.
Swaying to the rhythm of the new world order and
Count the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums.
The bogeymen are coming.
Keep your head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war drums.
Stay with me, safe and ignorant, just stay with me,
Hold you and protect you from the other ones,
The evil ones don't love you, son, go back to sleep.
GRAVITY
Lost again, broken and weary, unable to find my way,Tail in hand, dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go.
High and surrendering to the gravity and the unknown,
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun, I choose to live.
I fell again like a baby unable to stand on my own.
Tail in hand, dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go.
I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown.
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun, I choose to live.
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun, help me survive the bottom.
Calm these hands before they snare another pill and
Drive another nail down another meaty hole, please release me.
from the album “eMOTIVe”
ANNIHILATION
From dehumanisation to arms production, for the benefit of the nation or its destruction.Power, power, the law of the land, those living for death will die by their own hand.
Life's no ordeal if you come to terms, reject the system dictating the norms.
From dehumanisation to arms production, to hasten the nation towards its destruction.
Power, power, the law of the land, those living for death will die by their own hand.
Life's no ordeal if you come to terms, reject the system dictating the norms.
From dehumanisation to arms production, to hasten the nation towards its destruction.
Power, power, the law of the land, those living for death will die by their own hand.
Life's no ordeal if you come to terms, reject the system dictating the norms.
From dehumanisation to arms production, to hasten this nation towards its destruction.
It's your choice, peace or annihilation.
IMAGINE
Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try, no hell below us, above us only sky.Imagine all the people living for today.
Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do, nothing to kill or die for, no religion too.
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will live as one.
Imagine all the people sharing all the world.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will live as one.
Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can, no need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man.
Imagine all the people sharing all the world.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will live as one.
PEACE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING
As I walk on through this wicked world, searching for light in the darkness of insanity,I ask myself, is all hope lost, is there only pain and hatred and misery?
And each time I feel like this inside, there's one thing I want to know,
What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?
As I walk on through troubled times, my spirit gets so downhearted sometimes.
So where are the strong and who are the trusted and where is the harmony, sweet harmony?
Cause each time I feel it slipping away, just makes me want to cry,
What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?
WHAT'S GOING ON
Mother, there's too many of you crying, brother, far too many of you dying,You know we've got to find a way to bring some loving here today.
Father, we don't need to escalate, war is not the answer, only love can conquer hate.
You know we've got to find a way, to bring some loving here today.
Picket lines and picket signs, don't punish me with brutality,
Talk to me, so you can see what's going on.
Father, everybody thinks we're wrong,
But who are they to judge us, simply cause our hair is long?
You know we've got to find a way to bring understanding here today.
Picket lines and picket signs, don't punish me with brutality,
Talk to me so you can see what's going on.
PASSIVE
'Dead as dead can be,' the doctor tells me,But I just can't believe him, ever the optimistic one.
I'm sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy.
Wake up and face me, don't play dead cause maybe
Someday I will walk away and say,
'You disappoint me, maybe you're better off this way.'
Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic,
I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been.
It's your right and your ability to become my perfect enemy.
Wake up and face me, don't play dead cause maybe
Someday I will walk away and say,
'You fucking disappoint me, maybe you're better off this way.'
Go ahead and play dead, I know that you can hear this.
Go ahead and play dead, why can't you turn and face me?
You fucking disappoint me, passive aggressive bullshit.
GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE
Gimmie, I need more, gimmie, don't ask what for.Sitting here like a loaded gun, waiting to go off.
I've got nothing to do but shoot my mouth off.
Gimmie, I need more, gimmie, don't ask what for.
I know the world's got problems, I've got problems of my own,
Even the kind that can't be solved with an atom bomb.
Gimmie, I need more, gimmie, don't ask what for.
You know I'm gonna go out, get something for my head,
If I keep on doing this, I'm gonna end up dead.
Gimmie, I need more, gimmie, don't ask what for.
PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE
We're different colours and different creeds,And different people have different needs.
It's obvious you hate me, though I've done nothing wrong,
I've never even met you, what could I have done?
People are people, so why should it be? You and I should get along.
People are people, so why should it be you should hate me?
You're punching, kicking, and you're shouting at me,
I'm relying on your common decency.
So far it hasn't surfaced, but I'm sure it exists,
It just takes a while to travel from your head to your fists.
I can't understand what makes a man hate another man, help me understand.
People are people, so why should it be? You and I should get along.
People are people, so why should it be you should hate me?
FREEDOM OF CHOICE
We're victims of sedition on an open sea, no one ever said life was free.Sink, swim, go down with the ship, just use your freedom of choice.
I'll say it again in the land of the free, use your freedom of choice.
In ancient Rome, there was a pawn who followed along and watched it fall.
He cast a stone, he felt secure, he felt that he would never be heard.
Freedom of choice, it's what you've got.
You're given a voice, you don't want it, seems to be the rule of thumb.
Don't be tricked by what you see, you've got two ways to go.
I'll say it again in the land of the free, use your freedom of choice.
Freedom of choice is what you've got.
In ancient Rome, there was a pawn who followed along and watched it fall.
He cast a stone, he felt secure, he felt that his words would never be heard.
Freedom of choice is what you've got.
Freedom from choice is what you want.
LET'S HAVE A WAR
There's so many opposites.Let's have a war, so you can go and die,
Let's have a war, we could all use the money,
Let's have a war, we need the space,
Let's have a war, clean out this place.
It already started in the city, suburbia will be just as easy.
Let's have a war, jack up the Dow Jones,
Let's have a war, it can start in New Jersey,
Let's have a war, blame it on the middle class,
Let's have a war, we're like rats in a cage.
It already started in the city, suburbia will be just as easy.
Let's have a war, sell the rights to the networks,
Let's have a war, let our wallets get fat like last time,
Let's have a war, give guns to the queers,
Let's have a war, the enemy's within.
It already started in the city, suburbia will be just as easy.
COUNTING BODIES LIKE SHEEP TO THE RHYTHM OF THE WAR DRUMS
Don't fret, precious, I'm here, step away from the window, go back to sleep.Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils,
See, they don't give a fuck about you like I do.
Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums.
Go back to sleep.
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons,
I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason,
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices, son,
They're one and the same, I must isolate you, isolate and save you from yourself.
WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS
If it keeps on raining, the levee's going to break.When the levee breaks, we'll have no place to stay.
Mean old levee, taught me how to weep and moan.
When the levee breaks, we'll have no place to stay.
All last night I sat on the levee alone.
Crying won't help now, praying won't do no good.
When the levee breaks, we'll have no place to stay.
FIDDLE AND THE DRUM
And so once again, my dear Johnny, my dear friend,And so once again you are fighting us all.
And when I ask you why, you raise your sticks and cry and I fall.
Oh my friend, how did you come to trade the fiddle for the drum?
You say I have turned, like the enemies you've earned,
But I can remember all the good things you are,
And so I ask you please, can I help you find the peace and the star?
Oh my friend, what time is this to trade the handshake for the fist?
And so once again, oh America my friend,
And so once again you are fighting us all,
And when we ask you why, you raise your sticks and cry and we fall.
Oh, my friend, how did you come to trade the fiddle for the drum?
You say we have turned, like the enemies you've earned,
But we can remember, all the good things you are,
And so we ask you please, can we help you find the peace and the star?
Oh my friend, we have all come to fear the beating of your drum.
