Cat scratches and smoke burns on her face and hands Neglected children build castles in quicksand Tongue lashes and whip cracking innocence Empty mouths craving spoonfuls of pestilence
Burn down the harvest it's a plague nation The golden noose is our one and only salvation The face I wear now is not my own, not my own These days are rats minutes skin And seconds are bones
Chain up the pearly gates We're all flying south Silence the witnesses We're out
I envy the vultures No conscious inside All they can eat just as soon as it dies It won't taste as sweet when it's still alive I envy the vultures That peck out your eyes
Scavenge the New World Where's your spirit now? Beckon the wake and they all gather around The face you wear now is not your own, not your own These years are lions minutes skin Seconds are bones
The face I wear is not my own The face you wear is not your own The skin I wear is not my own The skin you wear is not your own
Chain up the pearly gates We're all flying south Silence the witnesses We're out
I envy the vultures No conscious inside All they can eat just as soon as it dies It won't taste as sweet when it's still alive I envy the vultures That peck out your eyes I envy the vultures
Scavenge the New World Where is your spirit now? Beckon the wake and they all gather around
