\quad given a chance to recover his breath
\quad and exposed to the process once more
\quad the youth squirmed in a shower of gold
\quad that etched on his skin:
\quad `Paradise stands in the shadow of swords'\ {''}
\quad ``\dots
\quad given a chance to recover his breath
\quad and exposed to the process once more
\quad the youth squirmed in a shower of gold
\quad that etched on his skin:
\quad `Paradise stands in the shadow of swords'\ {''}


\dots put your rings on my heart
will tear your shivering love apart
and you'll end up wrecked
you'll end up at the start
of the anal staircase
the angels did kiss
our souls in bliss
measure the extent
of the dizzying descent
down the anal staircase
down the anal staircase
put just one foot on the staircase
and the next step you're down here on on this face


"world in pain"

the sleeping night explorer
his wandering mind
just over the border
a mind like a cemetary
where the corpses are turning
where the bodies twist deep
in the frozen grip
of a dream asleep
and the last comes up
where direct from the depths
he hears night calling
and has dreams of waking
here in this brightness
a bone white slow lightening
he sees words burnt in ice
and reads
that the world is a wound
and that the body of christ
effects of the animal, animal sound effects
he says "death, 
he is my friend, 
it's promised me a quick end
the world is in pain
and should be put down
and god is a sadist
and that he knows it"

the depths of the night skies
reflects in his eyes
he says "everything changes
(nine knives of ice)
and everyone dies"

and lifes lives her ?veins?,
and god, he strains,
and the void rumbles in
like an underground train

forever comes closer
the world is in pain
we all must be shown
we must realize
that everyone changes
and everything dies





and who by fire
who by water
who in the sunshine
who in the night time
who by high ordeal
and who by common trial
who in your merry merry months of may
who by very slow decay
and who
shall I say
is calling?

and who in her room asleep
who by barbituates
who in these rounds of love
who by something heard
who avalanache
and who by powder
who for his greed
and who his hunger
and who
shall i say
is calling?

and who by brave ascent
who by accident
who in solitude
and who in his mirror
who by his ladies command
who by his own hand
who in mortal chains
and who in power
and who
shall i say
is calling