I kneel and wait in silenceAs one by one the people slip awayInto the nightThe quiet and empty bodiesKiss the ground before they prayKiss the groundAnd slip away... I sit and listen dreamlesslyA promise of salvation makes me stayThen look at your faceAnd feel my heart pushed inAs all around the children playThe games they tired of yesterdayThey play I stand and hear my voiceCry outA wordless scream at ancient powerIt breaks against stoneI softly leave you crying... I cannot hold what you devourThe sacrifice of penanceIn the holy hour

The innocence of sleeping childrenDressed in whiteAnd slowly dreamingStops all timeI slow my steps and start to blurSo many years have filled my heartI never thought I'd say those words The further we goAnd older we growThe more we knowThe less we show The very first time I saw your faceI thought of a songAnd quickly changed the tuneThe very first time I touched your skinI thought of a storyAnd rushed to reach the endToo soon Oh rememberPleaseDon't change And so the fall cameThirteen yearsA shiny ringAnd how I could forget your nameThe air no longer in my throatAnother perfect lie is chokedBut it always feels the same So they close togetherDressed in red and yellowInnocent foreverSleeping children in their blue soft roomsStill dream...

Whisper your name in an empty roomYou brush past my skinAs soft as furTaking holdI taste your scentDistant noisesOther voicesPounding in my broken headCommit the sinCommit yourselfAnd all the other voices saidChange your mindYou're always wrong Come around at ChristmasI really have to see youSmile at me slylyAnother festive compromiseBut I live with desertionAnd eight million peopleDistant noisesOther voicesPulsing in my swinging armsCaress the soundSo many deadAnd all the other voices saidChange your mindYou're always wrong

I never thought that I would find myselfIn bed amongst the stonesThe columns are all menBegging to crush meNo shapes sail on the dark deep lakesAnd no flags wave me home In the cavesAll cats are greyIn the cavesThe textures coat my skinIn the death cellA single noteRings on and on and on...

Two pale figuresAche in silenceTimelessIn the quiet groundSide by sideIn age and sadness I watchedAnd acted wordlesslyAs piece by pieceYou performed your storyMoving through an unknown pastDancing at the funeral party Memories of childrens' dreamsLie lifelessFadingLifelessHand in hand with fear and shadowsCrying at the funeral party I heard a songAnd turned awayAs piece by pieceYou performed your storyNoiselessly across the floorDancing at the funeral party

Stop my flight to fightAnd dieAnd take a stand to change my lifeSo savage with red desperationI clench my handsYou draw your clawsA hidden rage consumes my heartAs fuelled by years of wasted timeI close my eyesAnd tense myselfAnd screamingThrow myself in fury over the edgeAnd into your blood Tear at fleshAnd rip at skinAnd smash at doubtI have to break youFury drives my vicious blowsI see you fall but still I strike youAgain and againYour body fallsThe movement is sharp and clear and pureAnd goneI stop and kneel beside youDrained of everything but pain Screaming throw myself in furyOver the edge and into your blood Kiss you once and see you writheHold you close and hear you cryKiss your eyes and finish your lifeFinish your life Again and againYour body fallsThe movement is sharp and clear and pureAnd goneI stop and kneel beside youKnowing I'll murder you again tonight

She stands twelve feet above the floodShe staresAloneAcross the water The loneliness grows and slowlyFills her frozen bodySliding downwards One by one her senses dieThe memories fadeAnd leave her eyesStill seeing worlds that never wereAnd one by one the bright birds leave her... Starting at the violent soundShe tries to turnBut finalNoiselessSlips and strikes her soft dark headThe water bowsReceives herAnd drowns her at its ease... I would have left the world all bleedingCould I only help you loveThe fleeting shapesSo many years agoSo young and beautiful and brave Everything was trueIt couldn't be a story...I wish it was all trueI wish it couldn't be a story The words all left meLifelessHopingBreathing like the drowning man Oh Fuchsia!You leave meBreathing like the drowning manBreathing like the drowning man

Catch me if I fallI'm losing holdI can't just carry on this wayAnd every timeI turn awayLose another blind gameThe idea of perfection holds me...Suddenly I see you changeEverything at onceThe sameBut the mountain never moves... Rape me like a childChristened in bloodPainted like an unknown saintThere's nothing left but hope...Your voice is deadAnd oldAnd always emptyTrust in me through closing yearsPerfect moments wait...If only we could stayPleaseSay the right wordsOr cry like the stone white clownAnd standLost forever in a happy crowd... No-one lifts their handsNo-one lifts their eyesJustified with empty wordsThe party just gets better and better... I went away aloneWith nothing leftBut faith

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