Black Narcissus Lyrics

Exposed a prey to the will priorities align

You and I are sensitive ones, forsaken and maligned

But nothing comes this close

Scratch the surface of what you pursue

Elusive innermost

In scarcity and in overdose

Nothing comes this close, nothing ever will

As we dissect our failures

The vultures gather round us

They feast their eyes upon

The carcass of our lives

Spectators of our downfall

We carry on regardless

In perseverance as they

Sharpen up their knives

Jading the steady hand degrading

The colour and the shading

Always in between the lines

Trading a trigger for attrition

The titan of ambition

Never bring us peace of mind

We pave a new direction, delete all indiscretions

Remove the scars that tell the story of our games

In cultivating fiction, erase all aspiration

We bow to tyranny and polish up our chains

Jading the steady hand degrading

The colour and the shading

Always in between the lines

Trading a trigger for attrition

The titan of ambition

Never bring us peace of mind

Dancing puppets in a gilded cage

Volunteers feed the narcissistic rage

Devoted hosts for a ravenous parasite

Find solace in the flicker of the gaslight

Cheerleaders of a righteous demagoguery

Submit onto absolute loyalty

If I drown every rat is going down with me

We build it to the heavens

Or we burn it to the ground

Exposed a prey to the will priorities align

You and I are sensitive ones, forsaken and maligned

But nothing comes this close