Long ago I heard a tale I never will forget The time was in the telling on the bank the scene was set The sky was rolling blindly on, the daylight had not gone She washed her hair among the stones and saw what was to come All this will pass There will be blood among the corn and heroes in the hills But there is more to come my boy before you've had your fill Men will come and rape the soil as though it were their own And they will bathe their feet in oil as I have bathed my own All this will pass All things must come Just as I tell you here Stones will stand together as if searching for the stars And all come crashing down again before they reach too far She turned to face the setting sun, I turned to walk away But then she called my name again and beckoned me to stay All this will pass All things must come Just as I tell you here She told me of the famous sons who write their names in peace Yet be cut down before the time has come for our release Just as I tell you here Even now I wait for the coming day Even now she waits in the dawn For the tales she tells, for the gifts that she will sell For the sight she knows, for a vision that still grows With the dream in her eyes no one's seen I listened for so long that day that I can hardly tell If what she said was heaven sent or brought to bear in hell That men of hope would stand alone and still be cast a lie Just as Romans cast them on the day they were to die All this will pass All things must come Just as I tell you here Even now I wait for the coming day Even now she waits in the dawn For the tales she tells, for the gifts that she will sell For the sight she knows, for a vision that still grows With the dream in her eyes no one's seen

Your lipstick smear across your face Now, toss your hair in dirty grace Pink leather strap on your guitar Now, spread your legs, how bright you are! Hmm, they all know your name Collie, claw your way to fame There's a star in her eyes and she knows it There's a star in her mind, yeah, she shows it There's a star in her eyes and she knows it There's a star in her mind, yeah, she shows it And every evening, the sun comes up when she goes down Yeah, every evening, the mud fills up her bridal gown The little girl inside of you Has made her wish come true And tonight, you take the stage You wear a dress of blood and lace You left a stain where you have kneeled But Collie, you're still invisible There's a star in her eyes and she knows it There's a star in her mind, yeah, she shows it There's a star in her eyes and she knows it There's a star in her mind, yeah, she shows it And every evening, the sun comes up when she goes down Yeah, every evening, the mud fills up her bridal gown Your lipstick smear across your face Now, toss your hair in dirty grace Pink leather strap on your guitar Now, spread your legs just like a star And I'd like to eat her breasts and know God (there's a star in her eyes) I'd like to taste her flesh and grow hard (there's a star in her mind) And I'd like to eat her breasts and grow God (there's a star in her eyes) And I'd like to suck her breath and blow hot (there's a star in her mind) I'd like to eat her breasts and know God (there's a star in her eyes) I'd like to taste her flesh and grow God (there's a star in her mind) I'd like to eat her breasts and grow God I'd like to suck her breath and blow hot (I'd like to eat her breasts and know God) (I'd like to taste her flesh and grow hard) (I'd like to eat her breasts and grow God)

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

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

Love, child, reach, rise Sight, blind, steal, light Mind, scar, clear, fire Clean, right, pure, kind Sun, come, sky, tar Mouth, sand, teeth, tongue Cut, push, reach, inside Feed, breathe, touch, come No pain, no death, no fear, no hate No time, no now, no suffering No touch, no loss, no hand, no sense No wound, no waste, no lust, no fear No mind, no greed, no suffering No thought, no hurt, no hands to reach No knife, no words, no lie, no cure No need, no hate, no will, no speech No dream, no sleep, no suffering No dream, no sleep, no suffering No dream, no sleep, no suffering No dream, no sleep, no suffering No pain, no now, no time, no here No pain, no now, no time, no here No pain, no now, no time, no here No pain, no now, no time, no here No knife, no mind, no hand, no fear No knife, no mind, no hand, no fear No knife, no mind, no hand, no fear No knife, no mind, no hand, no here Love, now, breathe, now Love, now, breathe, now Love, now, breathe, now Love, now, breathe, now Here, now, here, now Here, now, here, now Here, now, here, now Here, now, here, now Here, now, here, now Here, now, here, now