Cotopaxi Lyrics - Octahedron - Mars Volta

When sanskrit was my mother tongue 

Scarabs filled my pillow 

Tarmac strips to pave for them 

And thrones from which to teach 

And in that pulse the future said 

The story had been spun 

You wet your bed so sleep in it 

Cards can't make a house 

And up that hill go the last of my crumbs 

We'll be lucky if we eat tonight 

And up that hill go the last of my crumbs 

That's why I'll magnify a hole 

When light years came 

And light years passed 

Tugging on the brink 

Spoils reported missing 

Put down in its sleep 

Strangled in the background 

Fitted for a mask 

The future won't believe you 

Past the ransom fast 

And up that hill go the last of my crumbs 

We'll be lucky if we eat tonight 

And up that hill go the last of my crumbs 

That's why I'll magnify a hole 

Don't beat around the pulpit 

There is no lost and found 

Where is the devil waiting 

Trying to disguise 

I've seen what you used to look like 

But down here you won't survive 

I've got the weight of half of the world 

Don't stop dragging the lake 

I won't come home 

If you can't come home 

Even if you make a grave with my name 

You better keep on looking for me