when god rose up to the city, when she came to collect my body, she said i was nothing without your arms around me, and she couldn’t hear anything in the way I carried myself. look down to see who’s beneath you. look down to let the dogs inside. look down, not everyone’s below you. look down and carry me like a corpse. when I fell into my body, i felt the ground rise up to meet me. I saw the mountain when I stared into the avalanche and I found god when my heart dropped to my stomach. i saw the king’s men drowning when the water wrapped her great arms around me. i’m alive, or so they told me. i’m alive unless i want to be. i kept your sorry heart from freezing, now there's nothing you could do that wouldn't hurt me. i'm alive, or so they told me. i'm alive, unless i want to be. look down, and everything we believe in will fade. look down, i am not afraid of choking you with my grace. look down, we only love the devils we make. look down, you better praise my name! look down, and see who's beneath you. look down, and wrap my sorry arms around you. look down, i am nothing when i am near you. look down, and carry me like a corpse.

"lay her i' th' earth and from her fair and unpolluted flesh may violets spring!" while you were praying to fall asleep, i was praying for an exit. these hills and mountains can really trap you. and if i can't end the bleeding, well, i'd think it better that way. but now, only what of wine's arrogance and riotousness could release the pain. MMIII, my lord, i've tried, but M, MMI, i'm lost. MMIII, my love, i've lied, but M, MMI, i'm lost. you've ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. you've ravished my heart with one glance of your eyes. of all the amber and all the spice, the scent of lebanon is your device. oh! you're killing me, absolutely drowning in misery! oh! that's me, apathy, apathy dear won't you come to thee. all was vanity and a chase after wind. i'm happy now, i'll never find deliverance. closure is my only friend, because you'll never love me, no, never again. all was vanity! it's not where my body began, it's just where i was when it began to end. closure is your only friend, because you'll never love me, and i'm fine with that. you're a fox with brown eyes, fur caked in dirt. the only love is the love you will earn. tearing my love right out of my arms, like grapes from a vineyard, she lovingly turns away from me, her beauty (!), while everybody seems to be aptly rearranging me. well, she's ripping the roses right out of her head. should've known her lips would leave me less than alive, wipe the rain from your eyes! my love for her only ran the length of her thighs! and in every damning word she said, maybe the truth only wants me dead! you've ravished my heart, my darling, my wife, but all your love was a thorn in his side. all i've ever wanted was to keep the warmth inside, but it's hard to hold, now there's nothing to hide. you've ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. you've ravished my heart with one glance of your eyes. of all the amber and all the spice, the scent of lebanon is your device.