1. ROSE OF GOLDEN CROSSES

Hunter in the garden
Fields of purple and green
I put my honey in your biscuit
I take everything

Do I haunt you
The way you haunt me
Do you find yourself spread
Torn apart by me
In deep lavender dreams

Do you feel fear
A phantom ache
Buried in your heart
Crawling pierced on your arm

Feel my candle burning
Two wicks
Each end

One time I died and I came back
So, I might come back again


2. BITTER LEMON KISS

Roses are red
Bruises are purple
You gave me ouroboros
An “I love you” in a circle

Head swallows tail
Just above my heart
Always there
Always mine

Some things are bound forever
The ties are beyond this life

The crystal ice spins
Bitter lemon kiss
Black straw bends
The sour bite of lime

Do you remember the moment
When time was on our side
Before the moon tipped

Pink sunset over pretty city

The clearest sky I've ever seen
Outside the window
Of the house you used to sleep in
When you were young

Headboard digging into wall
The light around us
The smell
Fresh brewed coffee
Sit on my knee

Kiss my neck


3. BLIXEN

I watched you fall asleep

Ran fingers though you hair
Down your shoulders
Onto your neck

Your eyes darting beneath their lids
Seeing wonderful and beautiful things

I stayed awake
For almost a hour
Just to see you sleep
Just to see if I could see you dream

You would purr when I touched you

West Side Industrial
Brass headboard adornments
One lamp, one light
Drugstore champagne

Light came in through the windows
Stale smoke in the room
Security camera feeds live on TV

Always our way
We slid down the hallway
Marched in black
5 chains
4 boots
1 prayer


4. HORSE HEAD

Okay
So they symbols stand
Stamped forever
Into my skin

The black belt
The horse head
The black denim
And black t-shirt

Black boots
Waxed laces
Gas tanks
Coke zero breaks

Warm nights
When I had to go
You had my heart
And you still do

Night after night I broke you
We found the right place
We made the time

God in heaven.
Can you hear her cry?
I swear to you I can

I remember my words
I don't know who I am
without my work

Beautiful baby
Between my thighs
Smiling

Being the best I've ever seen


5. GUESS

Anywhere
Any place beside me
I wanted to take you
You wanted to ride

We went places
I remember nights
Where we said to each other
How we wanted to die

In that moment
On uncomfortable seats
We laugh and we drank
You'd kiss and I'd wink

We were our own gods
Made perfect and clean for each other
Follow me anywhere

You wore the gold and my heart

I called your name
You heard my song
It was to pretty to resist
You sang along

We made up every verse in love
You prayed over every candle burned


6. FEAR OF GOD

Earthly wonder walls of flowers ashes under my fingernails

Let's be teenagers in love shocking shocking I ripped your Stockings

Have you ever bit soft flesh and on the tip of your tongue Feel electricity bite you back

Pain on pavement

Fear of god


7. PHOENIX STREET

The last time I made a record it was my game doesn't have a Name a few day before I had to record vocals I checked into A cheap motel

I went to wal mart and bought a bottle of bombay shappire Some diet tonic water a big bag of sunflower seeds baby Carrots and spicy hummus

Driving through the town I had never been there before

Phoenix street

Rows of pretty shops it was unseasonably mild and rain was Coming in I could see it over the clouds creeping in from The lake

I got breakfast on phoenix street walked down to the pier it Began to rain a mile from my truck i walked alone to edge of The pier the storm came the waves crashed along the stone Sides my boots were soaked I go back into my truck and went Back to my room writting all day at the tiny desk a small Pile of magazines and notepads I had brought with me sitting On the coffee table behind me an acoustic guitar out of the Case

I got breakfast again at phoenix street sat at the counter And drank a lot of coffee asked for hot sauce with my veggie Hash they gave me frank's I hate frank's I pointed to the Tabasco behind the bar near the bloody mary mix the waitress Asked if I was going to come back I said “yeah, maybe Tomorrow, where will you be tonight ?" she said idler's, and I said I'd see her there maybe I'd be there with baby I Wanted to see where the young people went it rained that Night

Under streets lights on phoenix...


8. PASSOVER GOLD

The little girl
Walked straight into the fire

Clutching her bunny


9. PERICO

(Instrumental)


10. RINGFINGER (ALTERNATIVE VERSION)

Get in my pickup truck
And close your eyes
Prowl the eastern skies
The road becomes open

No death no dark no pain lay down
Beside you
Paradise on repeat
Come to me, come to me

Before I came there was nothing here
Before I came
Nothing
Was clear

Until I saw your eye penetrate the night
I will never forget the way they shine

The way you shine

Run your hands across my fac
Pull your hands through my hair
Taste my sweat

Hear the slow slow shadow
Feel along my neck
Kiss the frame
Bless my back
Breathe in my name

Open your mouth
Play with your tongue
Let me lay my ringfinger on your lips