1. I SHALL NOT CARE

When i am dead
And over me bright april
Shakes out her rain-drenched hair
Though you should lean above me
Broken-hearted, i shall not care

I shall have peace
As leafy trees are peaceful
When rain bends down the bough
And i shall be more silent
And cold-hearted
Than you are now

The cold rain will wash you away,
And i can smile


2. TO LURE THE SWANS AND FLIES

Fear and compromise
To lure the swans and flies
Did anyone see the light
Die from my eyes?

Wake me from this dream
This nightmare of you
And rip lust from my mind

I'll never give up my soul again
And settle for contentment in the lies
Lose all my ambition
In the pool of an eye

Fear and compromise
To lure the swans and flies
Did anyone see the light
Die from my eyes?


3. THE CYCLE

Horris lost and found a girl
With flecked eyes like a rook
There was nothing in his world
A soul-less life she took

Down the stairs that wound around
She showed her love the maze
Then set on him to guard a hound
And left him in a daze

Once around the cycle is
Too long where the fledgling lives
Lonely days and lonelier nights
Once around the cycle is
Too long where the fledgling lives…

Now in darkness he does reign
Burdened by friend nor foe
She was never seen again…
White arms, red lips, willow

She was never seen again…
White arms, red lips willow
Once around the cycle is
Too long where the fledgling lives…


4. HID AND SICK

One, two, three, four
Fat rain falling on my…
Three, six nine, twelve
There's no way that they'll find me
Crawling through the muck
With the bugs and the bruises
Knots within my gut
Can't get far enough

So far away this time, finding the pond
Passed log-rot through the fog
Who's following me now?

No one's here
Safe from harm now
You can't find me
Curl up, sleep

One, two three, four
Fat rain falling on my…
Three, six, nine, twelve
In the end you'll find me
Creeping through your door
Looking worse than before
Madness gone now
I went far enough

You are there
Safe in bed now
I won't hurt you
Curl up, sleep


5. UNION

Stagnation my kingdom
Solitude my bride
Alone to govern
What i can no longer see

Silent…my empire lies quiet
Cold…denied, torn, like never before

A depressional coma
My rule goes unseen
This crown my curse
This castle my tomb

Alone…my empire lies quiet
Below…denied, torn, like never before

Wake me
I will feed off of you
Wake me
I will grow from you
Wake me
I will bleed with you
Wake me
I will die in you

Bleed as one
Die as one


6. PARADE OF BODIES

Standing in the shadows
Where i know i belong
I watch the slither,
The glam and the glitter
Of the parade
Put on your skin
And all you make-up too
Pretty boys and bang-up girls
You all make me so hot and cold
And for just a few hours
I don't feel so old

A parade of bodies washing by
Feel me up, i want to die
Dizzy in my drink standing by
Parade your bodies before my eye

Frozen in my sorrows
Where i know i belong
Dancing to some lucid tune
In the rice powder gloom
Of my parade


7. YOUR SHROUD OF TURIN

If i came to you dirty,
Would you wash my face?
Would you keep my impression?

If i came to you crying,
Would you wipe my tears?
Would you tell me about forever?

If i were blind
Would you be my eyes?
Would you see what i want to see?

If i were deaf
Would you be my ears?
Would you hear what i want to hear?

I must ask you this,
Because if i were asked the same,
I don't know if i could