The Colourless Man Lyrics

Balls deep inside the snake of Eden

The bugs beneath my skin roam free

I split the wound within the skyline

And drain the Tigris to the sea

Yeah, Gabriel won't touch his horn

Unless he gets a call from me

And each time you feel the spit slip through you

Or heave a sigh of disbelief

I pull back a bead on my abacus

And I smile for my coming relief

I watched the future sprawl toward you

Driving drunk to Bethlehem

I sold Jael her first vibrator

And smuggled E for David's men

I sowed the seeds of all you are

And I have forgotten what it meant

And I see you soused in all your comfort

I hear your aching groan of peace

So I stifle a laugh of gratitude

Cause I know we will soon be released

Did you know I don't recognize anyone?

Did you know I'm inherently wrong?

Did you know I am going home

Before very long?

And oh, did you know you could save yourself

And still leave this world unloved?

I thought that was your working hypothesis

I thought we had agreed on that much

I thought that's why you'd made peace with the end

To be free from the start

To be hidden and hungered for

To be someone apart, which you aren't

Did you know how I dreamt for so long of coiling myself

Like a venomous snake in your bed?

Just to wound something worthy, to tarnish a veil

But never again