Parturition Lyrics

Where does the love of a mother begin

If not at the start?

When mother nature planted stars

A sea of light to help us dream at night

And when does her mourning start

When she sees us tearing down our kin

And tearing out her gardens?

Was the birth worth the heartache?

Made in the image of God tainted by the devil

It's like we're all he's touched

For nature's children are blameless

Are they not more like God?

I come from the shadow of death

I bear witness to monuments of ire

Where does the love of a mother end?

Where is it that she dreams backwards?

Toil, wither, beg

Burn beneath the sun

Born that man

May be a god

Mother is in pain

Earth whimpers softly

A child cries

To leave this world

A sea of light

To help us dream at night

Suns burning out

To feed our lustful plague

Mother is in pain

Earth whimpers softly

A child cries

To leave this world

A sea of light

To help us dream at night

Sons burning out

To feed our helpless line of descent