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lyrics
You are not longing
There is no desire
Lay down your roses
Upon the fire
Place you hands
Into the ashes
Like falling sand
Through an hourglass
What once took host
Will never last
Give up the ghost
That soon will pass
To become what once was flowing
Through your barren veins
O' mystery of mysteries alone
Neither a servant
Nor master am I
Neither the cursed
Nor the divine
A serpent wrapped around the vine
A lock of hair tangled in your spine
Unraveling the holiest design
A swan who floated on the moat
Outside the walls of Babylon
With feathers unlike the rest
He hid in the shadows
Away from the flock
Alone
He fell asleep
And drifted too close to the gate
A guard mistook him for a goose
And placed him on the emperor's plate
And just like the sun
Breaking through the dawn
He opened up his golden throat
And he sang this song
When you drink my blood like wine
When you eat my flesh divine
Remember this:
It won't save you any time
Wrapped up in your yarn so tight
You know you can't unwin
I could crawl on my hands and knees
Through a desert with no water
I could fall bending down to wash your feet
Like a lamb at the slaughter
I could howl like a dog in heat
Reaching for your daughter
But it just never feels complete
When I'm kneeling at the altar
Another lost child in Babylon
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