O, Mama
Ain't no time to fall to pieces
He has arrived, He has arrived
There by the grace of God go I-
I don't know what they mean
I don't know what they mean
And I say-

O, Father
Now I can't believe you're leaving
Seen thru your eyes, seen thru your eyes
There by the grace of God go I-
I don't know what they mean
I don't know what they mean
And I say-

I hear the rapture's comin'
They say He'll be here soon
Right now there's demons crawling all around my room
They say He lives within me
They say for me He died
And now I hear His footsteps
All most every night

O, Children
This is where they come to take me away-
From here
I don't know what they mean
I don't know what they mean
And I say-

All God's Children
Take their passage into night
It's a feeling-
Best you hold on tight

All God's Children
Hold yourself up to the Light
It's a free fall-
I know

Whispers-
Captured lies-
Come now, make your move
Do the clothes make the man?
Does the soul understand?
I do-

Strange the way you seem-
Suicidal
You don't live at all
So why you cryin?
Come and play with me
And feel Desire
It's all in the Dark
A walk thru the Fire

Baby-
Cast your eyes
To the soul you never knew
And maybe-
You got no place to hide
So you turn in two-
Like I do

Strange the way you seem-
Suicidal
You don't live at all
So why you cryin?
Come and play with me
And feel Desire
It's all in the Dark
A walk thru the Fire

Would you leave me alone, my sweet Simone
If I lay on my back down below on the track
And remember a night, how I'd wade in the water
You were counting the stars
And starting me over
They'd shine, your eyes
Gonna make me rain gonna make me rise
When I'm gone baby don't you forget it
I did all I did just to get through to Heaven

Got no mother
She can't find me
Got no father
He done blind me
Little girls might twitch at the way I itch
But when I burn
It's a son of a bitch

Hold on hold on
Hold on, all misery gone

Make me shake me bleed all over
Going down to drown in deep black water
Let's ride suicide
Say what you wanna but your neighbor don't lie
Gonna lay me down baby on a bed of hot thistle
Gonna die when I drown just a heartbeat away
With those lies in my eyes
Put you down in the river till you testify

My mother she don't know me
And my father he can't own me
Little girls might twitch at the way I itch
But the way I burn is a son of a bitch
Make me shake me deep black water
Gonna run through my veins
Gonna make it rain
Baby I'm gone so don't you forget it
I did all I did just to get through to Heaven

Hold on Hold on

Breathe-
Wake your lungs-
I'm falling fast, no air will come-
I think I've gone too far this time
I crashed the car-
I crossed the line-

Scream-
No one home-
No more Light-
No more me-

Comes the day
Call my number-
Sight unseen, I am your brother
Waste not for those who don't want it
What I want is tres verboten

Sleep-
Close my eyes-
Wake the Ghost
Shake the Lie
Shake the Lie
Shake the Lie
Unchain Time
Unchain Time

So long-
I have begun to set the Sun
I'll rise again to catch the Dawn
So sorry that I had to run, so-

Dream
Close your eyes
I was done-
You're alive
You're alive
You're alive
You're alive
You're alive

My idle hands-
There's nothing I can do
But be the Devil's plaything, baby
And know that I've been used

Her lips are cold
They suffer me
They drag me under, baby
Into your suffering

Let your hands
Do what they will do
Stand inside
Make your Maker's move
And your eyes don't look the same
They seem enervated, in denial
Cast like stones-
Like you been rode for miles

My eyes have seen
They have been shown
This is an Occupation
To Stand alone
I suffer you-
You suffer me
We are the Devil's plaything
Into this Reckoning

It's alright to take me down
Between the hook and the line I took
It's alright to drag the lake-
And find the things you lost

They don't wait in line-
To see me float
Or sleep above the Waves
They don't wait in line-
To bring me up-
They've seen enough today

All my Dreams stroll by unclothed
All my Dreams roll by unknown

It's alright to cave into a Love
Although it's not enough
Not enough to save you from yourself
Or what you love too much

And always deeper-
And still even deeper-
And I believe there's a Heaven below
All I see is a Dream
That lies beneath it all

There's a way about Her
She can make me-
Do things I ought not to do
Cut the line, and-
Count to Three, and-
Morph into another world

Start the wheel turnin'
On it, break me
Shown things I ought not have seen
Hung from rafters-
Mothers screaming
Born into an ugly world

All my Dreams stroll by unclothed
All my Dreams roll by unknown

Crawl, we'll crawl no more
I think that chariot is coming
And should it please you Lord
I'll give this trumpet up
Give it up to Gabriel
Who'll lead us now Lord
Who'll hear the sound of grieving

I woke up crying then I'm running in the rain
Trying, trying to find my woman
Born into this darkened place
Out to the Kingdom though my wretched soul be chained
Who'll lead us now Lord
Don't you hear me, don't you hear me crying
Who'll hear the sound of grieving

Crawling no more
See that chariot is coming
And should it please you Lord
I'll give this trumpet up
Give it up to Gabriel
Who'll lead us now Lord
Who'll hear the sound of grieving

I come unhinged
How hard I can't recall
I climb and I stumble and I crawl
Wings are singed
Like Icarus to fall
What's left is a shadow of it all
You better run now honey run
Run your race to ruin
A long dead animal is on your trail

Now who will hold onto your little hand
And who walks behind when you're alone
One who'd drain the color from your eyes
One who wanders forth without a home
Look away now pretty babe
Go on and look away
A long dead animal is on your trail
Run now honey run
Run your race to ruin
A long dead animal is on your trail
A long dead animal is on your trail

Heaven-
So fine
Heaven-
It's quite a climb
From seven stories undergroud
Black mistress gonna crack that whip
When I sleep I'm never found
But my baby she don't take no lip

My Cinderella carryin' me
And my shot blood thru the Afterglow
Ah, slap me to my knees-
Which direction, baby, I don't know

Oh, Heaven
It's quite a climb
It's quite a climb
Oh, Heaven
It's hard to climb
It's hard to climb, you know

I feel a sickness comin' down-
Cold fever wanna snuff my kick
Early morning, not a sound-
Chased thru the Quarter with a whippin' stick

Black dog keeps a followin' me-
And my tether just won't let me go
Blackbirds chatter in the trees-
What they're sayin', baby I don't know-

Oh, Heaven
It's quite a climb
It's quite a climb
Oh, Heaven
It's hard to climb
It's hard to climb, you know

I was in Love with you
I was in Love with you
Your distant eyes-
Insincere smile-
And hollow refrain-
Yer blues

I was in Love with you
I was in Love with you
You say you might-
Come by my window-
The car's parked outside-
Where are you?

True Love
True Love
True Love
All night-
You're letting it go-
Where did it go?
Where did it go?

I was in Love with you
I was in Love with you
It's Ladies Choice
Bring on the boys
The car's parked outside
Waiting-
Waiting- On you
Where did it go?

Cold outside-
Long after dark
You'll find a stone in your heart
Come 'round
Let's stand together
We'll fall, or
We'll rise
You and I
In secret style
Awaiting all
For thee-

You bet your life-

Come down
Slow and easy
You'll find your way
You 'll find a way
Deny-
The world will follow you
I know you'll rise
I know you'll rise

A secret sound
And it won't go away
Your secret style
And it won't go away

And it's right inside of me
And it's right inside of me

Come 'round
Let's stand together
We rise
Alone forever
Demonized-
In secret style
They're waiting up for me-

Front Street
Ain't no place for a boy, who-
Likes to talk ways that boys do-
Unstrung-
Young, dumb-
Comfortably numb

I am-
Old as the star who bears you
Black as the bitch who wears you, tears you
Rips you apart and then turns it around

Come on feel me
I ain't only one
When it comes apart
We're gonna have some fun, son

Give me five minutes
With your sweetest sweet tea
If she's fine as your missus-
Then she's fine enough for me
A rod out the window
A suburban street-
And I ain't slept since Monday-
Jump in and ride-
We got deadlines to meet

People to use-
Lovers to break-
Handful of pills-
No life to take-
River too cold-
Oven too hot-
Bridge a one hundred and fifty foot drop

But there was a day I could say that I loved you-
Early one evening I cut thru Longview
Lifted you up, then you turned it around

Here on Front Street-
All the good girls and their boys know
Down in the mine there are diamonds-
Down on the street walk the lifeless

And now I know that you're through with me
Can I tell you, my love, dead honestly?
Life is shame and your hands are stained-
Walk in chains and change your name
Go where you go, but forget me not-
Take a memory too, if it's all you got
Chase your pain with a shot of rain-
Dig with a spade or a razor blade

Come on feel me now
I ain't only one
When it comes apart
We're gonna have some fun, son