I Remember Lyrics - Otep

Who's there? 

Who's there? 

And I remember flashes of laughter 

And lunatics lost in your soul 

Seductive propaganda scrolling across my mind 

Like guerrilla cinema 

Belts and, and wooden spoons 

Flies in the afterbirth 

Shadows across my mind 

Smiling but dead, smiling but dead 

Smiling but dead, smiling but dead 

Smiling but dead, smiling but dead 

Crawling on linoleum kitchens 

TV streaming death 

And corporate consciousness into my brain 

Cracked porcelain sinks 

Covered with insects and dirty dishes 

The early morning anxiety of, of grade school 

Dark stockings to hide the bruises 

The secret friends, festive holidays 

And everyone in their, in their Sunday best 

Pretending to like each other 

Generations and generations 

Of loneliness, sad mistakes 

Stealing away in the dead of night 

To escape stiff jawed henchmen 

In, in the hungry trucks of an angry slumlord 

Miles and miles away 

Patience and understanding 

Waking on the side of the road 

Hissing radiator, hoses cracked like, like burned skin 

And days so hot 

A nuclear holocaust would've felt like 

A cyclonian blizzard 

I remember the first time 

I felt it alive inside me, turning 

But the dead weight moving 

Within the folds of its winged embrace 

Opening and sliding those black feathers 

Inches at a time 

Its beak, its, its feet 

Pushing and pushing and, and pushing 

And digging into the membrane 

And I remember going numb 

And listening to it hum 

I'm feeling it move in its mysteries 

Exploring me with power 

I remember this 

And I know I never had a chance 

There was never any escaping it 

Amen 

Guns and God 

Guns and God 

Amen