ANGELS DISINTEGRATED
Part II of In the Eyeballs Borrowed From Dali
V1
The day, like a slug, slowly slithers under eyelids
Creeping sunrise stabs at the night in a rage
Dreams in their death are impaled and are pallid
Keeping the logic of light’s inference valid
V2
The night’s in the grave to convert paradoxes
When butterflies lose their wings and begin to cocoon.
Infinite skull spawns the larva and the maggots
The flesh in a rot is the matrix of its life
CH
A thermal blast and radiation
Life will cease to generate
Satan rules his faithful nation
Angels now disintegrate
Inst Verse
V3
The darkness again has eluded your mind
Galaxies will fit in the eyeballs of world
Sleep is a death that hijacks you and confines you
And keeps you, at least a while, so happily blind
CH
A thermal blast and radiation
Life will cease to generate
Satan rules his faithful nation
Angels now disintegrate
BR
Loop your patience, then you may survive
Wait, you’ll witness the fade of the sunlight
The night now is born, full of pain and full of moaning
The long-awaited end to your loathing and your loss
Inst Chorus
CH
A thermal blast and radiation
Life will cease to generate
Satan rules his faithful nation
Angels now disintegrate
I’VE GOT THE ACES
V1
An old man looked into my eyes
And said something about his grandson
Something about stars on his shoulders
Something about every boy’s dream
PRECH
I looked into his eyes and thought about
CH
Adrenaline and nicotine of games and races
The thrill of play, the thrill of fall
I toss the dice in a lucky roll
I have my fate under control
I’ve got the aces!
I’ve got the aces
V2
The old man cried and paid for my drink
He said something about scars
Something about skeletons on the field
Concealed and unfound, with missing lips
PRECH
I thanked him for my drink and thought about
CH
How greedy grins distort excited plastic faces
The thrill of play, the thrill of fall
I toss the dice in a lucky roll
I have my fate under control
I’ve got the aces!
I’ve got the aces!
BRIDGE
The old man asked me about my life
The legless veteran talked about his legacy
Something about Marine or marrying
He was drunk and I walked away.
PRECH
Because all I could think that day was
CH
The toxic temples in the web of gambling places
The thrill of game, the thrill of fall
I toss the dice in a lucky roll
I have my fate under control
I’ve got the aces!
I’ve got the aces!
The toxic temples in the web of gambling places
The thrill of game, the thrill of fall
I toss the dice in a lucky roll
I have my fate under control
I’ve got the aces!
I’ve got the aces!
THREE DEATHS OF A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION
V1
First Death swift in all directions
Snatched you sleeping in your bed
See the mushroom in reflection
Of your eyes, already dead
CHORUS:
Skulls and skulls and bones are looming
In the sockets of my eyes
Inhumanity of humans
The devil’s nature in disguise
V2
Second Death’s a ghost of fire
Turned you into fleshy dross
You can hear how Jesus sighing
Looking downward from his cross
CHORUS:
Skulls and skulls and bones are looming
In the sockets of my eyes
Inhumanity of humans
The devil’s nature in disguise
BRIDGE:
And the third is slow and lazy
You can meet him here today
An angry artist dark and crazy
Twists your body soft like clay
CHORUS:
Skulls and skulls and bones are looming
In the sockets of my eyes
Inhumanity of humans
The devil’s nature in disguise.
LOOK AT THE SKY
V1
Before I died I didn’t believe in God nor in prayer
I thought my life would end there
But then I soared in the air
Over the clouds
CH
But this became clear too late
That I used to have problems with faith
Hm-m-m-m-m
Oh-oh-oh-oh
And now I want to come down and touch you,
…But I can’t
Darling, look at the sky and see me watching
Hm-m-m-m-m m
Hm-m-m-m-m-m
Oh-oh-oh-oh
V2
Now again…
You’re watching soap on your TV
The silent phone on your knees
The photo of me on the screen
Stars and Stripes
CH
This became so clear too late
That I used to have problems with faith
Hm-m-m-m-m
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Now I want to come down and touch you,
…But I can’t
Darling, look at the sky and see me watching
Hm-m-m-m-m m
Hm-m-m-m-m-m
Oh-oh-oh-oh
BR
Flag draped over the casket
They told you to be strong
Remember when I asked you
Though then it felt so wrong
What happens if I die
Should a soldier’s wife cry?
V3
Alone…
You hold onto the glass of wine
A lipstick stain on its crystal
And it hurts all the time
More and more
CH
Should’ve left nothing to fate
But this became clear too late
Hm-m-m-m-m
Oh-oh-oh-oh
How I want to come down and touch you,
…But I can’t
Darling, look at the sky and see me watching
Hm-m-m-m-m
Oh, this became clear too late
That I used to have problems with faith
Hm-m-m-m-m
Oh-oh-oh-oh
How I want to come down and touch you,
…But I can’t
Darling, look at the sky and see me watching
Hm-m-m-m-m m
Hm-m-m-m-m-m
Oh-oh-oh-oh
IRONCLAD FREEDOM
V1
I was broken again. I came back from the war
Nurses smile. The smell of iodine
Lost my leg. No big deal because I have one more
But that, too, feels like it wasn’t mine
V2
When I am in a bar, glasses always half full
Doesn’t heal, but it fills me half-empty
On TV politicians assure us, fools
I know now, hindsight 20/20
CH
I fought for freedom
I stood my ground
I lay there bleeding
But they didn’t really want it
PRECH
What are we fighting for?!!! (What! What! What!)
What are we REALLY fighting for?!!! (What! What! What!)
CH
I fought for freedom
I stood my ground
I lay there bleeding
But they didn’t really want it
BR
All the saints, all the Gods,
or Whomever they pray,
Give no answers and questions aren’t welcome
The vacant pedestal’s wasting away
CH
I fought for freedom
I stood my ground
I lay there bleeding
But you didn’t want it
BR
All the saints, all the Gods,
or Whomever they pray,
Give no answers and questions aren’t welcome
The vacant pedestal’s wasting away
Where today
our ironclad liberty fell from!
PRCH
What are we fighting for?!!! (What! What! What!)
What are we REALLY fighting for?!!! (What! What! What!)
CH
I fought for freedom
I stood my ground
I lay there bleeding
But YOU didn’t really want it
CH
I fought for freedom
I stood my ground
I lay there bleeding
But they didn’t really want it
GOOD PEOPLE
V1
When peace is broken into pieces
And gods of war are in command
They call for us, right after Jesus
No land for us is a no-man’s-land
CH
We’re drunk on freedom, not on power
But we respect adrenaline
‘Cause our skin is the gunpowder
And our blood is gasoline
We walk on water without a ripple
Our armor is a crucifix
We’re diamond-hard, but we’re Good People
“Okay. Let’s go Bro. Watch your six!”
[“Roger that. Out.” Military radio]
V2
Those who’ve been taking us too lightly
Didn’t live long enough to tell
On the Perley Gates we knock politely
But we kick open the doors to Hell
CH
We’re drunk on freedom, not on power
But we respect adrenaline
‘Cause our skin is the gunpowder
And our blood is gasoline
We walk on water without a ripple
Our armor is a crucifix
We’re diamond-hard, but we’re Good People
“Okay. Let’s go Bro. Watch your six!”
[“Roger that. Out.” Military radio]
V3
God’s with us, or so people told us
Takes a lot to get us in a fix
The devil stands on both our shoulders
While angels’re busy watching our six
BR
The game of war is Russian roulette
Get ready to deal with a spin
Our souls covered with droplets of sweat
Bleeding out from under the skin…
While politicians rip their vocal cords
Along with crooked talking heads
We kneel, but only before the Lord
But rushing in where angels fear to tread
CH
We’re drunk on freedom, not on power
But we respect adrenaline
‘Cause our skin is the gunpowder
And our blood is gasoline
We walk on water without a ripple
Our armor is a crucifix
We’re diamond-hard, but we’re Good People
“Okay. Let’s go Bro. Watch your six!”
CH
We’re drunk on freedom, not on power
But we respect adrenaline
‘Cause our skin is the gunpowder
And our blood is gasoline
We walk on water without a ripple
Our armor is a crucifix
We’re diamond-hard, but we’re Good People
“Okay. Let’s go Bro. Watch your six!”
[“Roger that. Out.” Military radio]
FOR OUR SINS
Part I of In the Eyeballs Borrowed from Dali
V1
Butterflies is an order of beautiful creatures
Is the result of the heavens in a seasonal molt
Rather possesses celestial delicate features
As an angelic attempt of the spirit to reach us
PRECH
For all our sins we’ve gotten love
From our Father, Who art above
Who sent his son to bleed alone
And then archangels came along
CH
Shut your eyes and go to sleep
While they weep
…and weep
V2
Maybe the night raises hackles of stars in the bluster
Could be a moth shedding shimmering dust off its wings
Lulling the planets with shivering clusters of luster
Bearing ephemeral bliss and delaying disasters
BR
I know the day will come
When it’ll no longer hurt
But too late to revert
We’ll all wake up
In a wasteland
PRECH
For all our sins we’ve gotten love
From our Father, Who art above
Who sent his son to bleed alone
And then archangels came along
CH
Shut your eyes and go to sleep
While they weep
…and weep
While they weep and weep…