This song is for my mother. Let her hear me cry. I couldnt bring myself to write it. Til this darkened day arrived. A song about old promises. Made so long ago.
There was a boy. Playing on a swing. Deep in love with life. Loving everything. . And he'd speak to God. When all alone. Making deals with God. 'Bout his dreams and hopes.
Theres a fury on the waves. A madness taking place. Fueled by the blood. Of weary wage slaves. . And they taught us how to hate. In a hi tech kind of way.
The Bed. Your Mouth. My Touch. Our Lips. . Its a fever. In the night. Forbidden. . Forbidden. . Desecrated and damned together. Desecrated and damned forever.
Lift the wailing wood. Hammer the tortured nails. Place the ghostly steps. Below the battered rails. . Invite those crazy strangers. Dressed in stranger clothes.
In dreams I appear and take her. Down a path she dares not wander. In a town beset by plunder. I shake her blood and bone. . In dreams she asks my guidance.
These were my confessions. (A message to God). The light begins to fade. (Its time to go). Back into the shadows. (That hard black fog). Where darkness has its way.
These are my confessions. Secrets of my mind. Everything that mattered. Truth I can not hide. . Nothing but a shadow. Distant memory. What I was. What I am.
On a brutal winter night. We stood bravely side by side. Against snowballs launched our way. By the enemies of our kind. . In a graveyards mourning light.
When I saw you die the death. Whilst beating animal. I ran to approach the poachers' nest. To strip them of their epaulet. . You really are the maddest beast.
Grow your hair longer. It's easy to in summer. When the days fold under. . If it pours in the daytime. We'll have to stay indoors. I'll milk the time you sat with me.
To break a window. To break a glass. You can't fix it anymore. Not the way it was before. . Throw an orange in my face. Throw an orange in my face. . I stole from my father again.
You hold on to the bar so tight. I wonder if you took a shower last night. What do you read, where are your books?. I don't have a single one. But I know how to read.