Lunacy - Swans

Janitor of lunacy, paralyze my infancy Petrify the empty cradle Bring hope to them and me Janitor of tyranny, testify my vanity Mortalize my memory, deceive the Devil's deed Tolerate my jealousy, recognize the desperate need Janitor of lunacy, identify my destiny Revive the living dream Forgive their begging scream Seal the giving of their seed, disease the breathing grief Janitor of tyranny, testify my vanity Mortalize my memory, deceive the Devil's deed

Wake up, my love Never thought you'd make me, break me Now I'm up from below Such a brilliant star you are And will your love keep burning baby Burn a hole right through my eyes All these short times feel like no time I thought you ought to know I'm so far gone now, I been running on empty I'm so far gone now, do you wanna take me on? Do, do you, do you know? Do you know how long I've waited? To look up from below Just to find someone like you? And will your love light burn me baby? Burn a hole right through my heart I think I might just trust you, maybe But I'm not sure I'm not sure I wanna know I'm so far gone now, I been running on empty I'm so far gone now, do you wanna take me high? I'm so far gone now, I been running on empty I'm so far gone now, do you wanna take me on? I think you could make me, girl Could make me and take my life I know you could break me, girl Take all of me all of me, yeah Wake up, my love Never thought you'd make me, break me Now I'm up from below Such a brilliant star you are I'm so far gone now, I been running on empty I'm so far gone now, do you wanna take me high? I'm so far gone now, I been running on empty I'm so far gone now, do you wanna take me on? Do you wanna take me on?

Now Michael is done, stripped bare of pretense Soaking his sheets while counting insects He's a grid on the sun, he's the hate in the love Every hole is a leak when Michael does speak But Michael will win, there's a flame on his tongue His words are burned meat, to muscle and rend Now Michael will cloak every raft in his moat To speak is to choke, to leave is to come When the other has come, then Michael is done Is done, is done, is done, is done Is done, is done, is done, is done Is done, is done, is done While cracking his lens, he is breaking his hands Growing wings from his back, Michael sinks in his sack When Michael is gone, some other will come When the other has come, then Michael is done Is done, is done, is done, is done Is done, is done, is done

It's not in my mind It's not in my mind Na-na-na-not in my mind Na-na-na-not in my mind We're on an infinite line We're on an infinite line Get out of my mind Get out of my mind Ge-ge-ge-get out Ge-ge-ge-get out Ge-ge-ge-get out Get out We're on a ladder to God We're on a ladder to God Ladder to God Ladder to God Ladder to God Ladder to God Space cunt Brain wash Star dust Space fuck, cunt Cunt Ge-ge-ge-ladder to God Ge-ge-ge-ladder to God Ladder to God Ge-ge-ge-ge, ha, ge-ge-ge-ge, ha Ge-ge-ge-ge, ha, ge-ge-ge-ge, ha Get fucked We're on a ladder to God We're on a ladder to God Get fucked, out Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck Fuck, fuck B-b-b-blessed (shut) B-b-b-blessed (shut, fuck, up) B-b-b-blessed (shut, fuck) B-b-b-blessed (bliss) B-b-b-blessed (shut, fuck, up) B-b-b-blessed (bliss) B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed (fuck) B-b-b-blessed (fuck, fuck) B-b-b-blessed (bliss, bliss) B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed B-b-b-blessed

Now, you be the mother, and I'll be your fool I'll hide myself deep inside Your crimson pool The muddy water runs Beneath your folds You won't let me breathe You won't let me go Now, you be the stranger, and I'll be the white-skinned son You'll blacken my innocence With sugar and opium The children were suffocating Down in your damp cave And you were the mother, and I was the sleeping slave Protect me from violence Hold me in your cool lips You drug me with kindness So I can pretend I exist Now, you be the only child I'll suck on your breast You'll feed me with gasoline I'll burn my name in your head Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah, ah, ah Ah-ah-ah

Your light is in my hand Your light is in my hand Your light is in my hand Your light is in my hand Your mind is in my eye Your mind is in my eye Your mind is in my eye Your eye is in my mind Your mind is in my eye Your eye is in my eye Your eye is in my eye Your eye is in my eye Your eye is in my eye Here Here Here Here

We'll fall down On broken knees And we'll cry for you now We'll cry for your mercy We believe in love We believe in love God, save us now We believe in love We degrade ourselves But we dig our own grave Jesus Christ, the Lord Save us now We believe in love We believe in love God, save us now We believe in love You said all of my life Would be in vain If I gave up on anything I knew to be true Or a provable lie So I open the door And there, there they lie Twisted and misshapen They suffer for love And they're sick to death Of the dreams they used to have And they're sick to death Of their beautiful lie God, save us now God, save us, please We believe in love We believe in love God, save us now We believe in love

Now, some of us are weak And some endure And some people live their lives With a violence that's pure and clean But I saw a man cry once Down on his knees In the corner of a darkened cell And his pain meant nothing to me But I was younger then And young men never die When I walked out in the Sun I was strong, clear-minded and blind Now, don't save a prayer for anyone It doesn't do any good And please, don't ask me a question You'll just be misunderstood And if you could step inside me You'd feel what hatred brings And if you saw with my eyes You'd see what self-deception means I was younger once And I created a lie And though my body was strong I was self-deluded, confident and blind Now, show some pity For the weak of will Because when we're drinking We can never be filled Show some understanding For the lonely fool Because when I am drinking I am out of control No, I was never young And nothing has transpired But when I look in the mirror I feel dead, I feel cold, I am blind I am blind I am blind I am blind