A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms



    Hollow
run, desire
run, sexual being
run him like a blade,
to and through the hollow conscience
one motive: cater to the hollow

screamin' feed me here, fill me up again,
temporarily pacify this hunger
and so grow, libido, throw dominoes of indiscretions down,
falling all around, in cycles, in circles
constantly consuming, conquer and devour

'cause it's time to bring the fire down, throttle all this indiscretion
long enough to edify, and permanently fill this hollow

screamin' feed me here, fill me up again, temporarily pacifying
feed me here, fill me up again, temporarily pacifying




    Magdalena
overcome by your moving temple
overcome by this holiest of altars

so pure so rare to witness such an earthly goddess
i lost my self control beyond compelled to throw this dollar
down before your holiest of altars
i'll sell my soul my self-esteem a dollar at a time
for one chance one kiss one taste of you my Magdalena

i've beared witness to this place, this lair, so long forgotten
so pure, so rare, to witness such a lovely goddess
and i'd sell my soul my self-esteem a dollar at a time
for one chance one kiss one taste of you my black Madonna

i'll sell my soul my self-esteem a dollar at a time
for one taste of you my Magdalena





    Rose
don't disturb the beast, the temperamental goat, the snail
while he's feeding on the rose
stay, frozen, compromise what i will
i am

bend around the wind silently blown about again
i'm treading so soft and lightly compromising my will
i am

i am, i will
so no longer will i lay down/play dead/pay your due
in the headlights locked down and terrified
you're a deer in the headlights, shut down and horrified
when push comes to pull comes to shove comes to step around
this self-destructive dance that never would have ended 'til i rose
i roared aloud "here i will"
i am

i am, i will
so no longer will i lay down/play dead/lay this knee down
gun-shy martyr, pitiful I rose
i roared, i will, i will




    Judith
you're such an inspiration for the ways
that i will never ever choose to be
oh so many ways for me to show you
how your savior has abandoned you

fuck your god your lord your christ
he did this took what you had and left you this way
still you pray never stray never taste of the fruit
never thought to question why

it's not like you killed someone
it's not like you drove the hateful spear into his side
praise the one who left you broken down and paralysed
he did it all for you
he did it all for you

oh so many ways for me to show you
how your dogma has abandoned you
pray to your christ to your god
never taste of the fruit never stray
never break never choke on a lie
even though he's the one who did this to you
never thought to question why

not like you killed someone
it's not like you drove the spiteful spear into his side
talk to jesus christ as if he knows the reasons why
he did it all for you
he did it all for you
he did it all for you




    Orestes
metaphor for a missing moment
pull me into your perfect circle
one womb, one chain, one resolve
liberate this will to release us all

gotta cut away, clear away
snip away and sever this umbilical residue
keeping me from killing you

and from pulling you down with me
in here i can almost hear you scream

one more medicated peaceful moment
give me one more medicated peaceful moment

and i don't wanna feel this overwhelming hostility
no, i don't wanna feel this world around me
hostility
kill it
gotta cut away clear away
snip away inside of this umbilical residue
gotta cut away clear away
snip away inside of this umbilical residue
keeping me from killing you
keeping me from killing you




    Three Libras
threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back
a name in your recollection down among the millions there

difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed
and passed over
but i look right through see you naked but oblivious
but you don't see me

but i threw you the obvious
just to see if there was more behind
the eyes of a fallen angel
eyes of a tragedy

here i am expecting just a little bit too much
from the wounded
but i see
see through it all
see through
see you
cause i threw you the obvious
to see what occurs behind
the eyes of a fallen angel
eyes of a tragedy

oh well
oh well
apparently nothing
apparently nothing at all

you don't see me

you don't see me at all




    Sleeping Beauty
delusional i believed i could cure it all for you, dear
coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you
make it right for you sleeping beauty
truly thought i could magically heal you

far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to rescue sleeping beauty

drunk on ego truly thought i could make it right
if i kissed you one more time to help you face the nightmare
but you're far too poisoned for me
such a fool to think that i could wake you from your slumber
that i could actually heal you
sleeping beauty poisoned and hopeless

far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to find a way to comfort you
far beyond a visible sign of you awakening
hiding from some poisoned memory
poisoned and hopeless sleeping beauty




    Thomas
humbled and helpless learning to pray
praying for visions to show me the way

show me the way to forgive you
allow me to let it go
allow me to be forgiven
show me the way to let go

illuminate me i'm just praying for you
to show me where i'm to begin
hoping to reconnect to you




    Thinking Of You
lying all alone and restless, unable to lose this image
sleepless, unable to focus on anything but your surrender

tuggin' a rythm to the vision that's in my head
tuggin' a beat to the sight of you lying
so delighted with a new understanding
something about a little evil
that makes that unmistakable noise I was hearing
unmistakable sound i know so well
spent and sighing with a look in your eyes
spent and sighing with a look on your face like

sweet revelation, sweet surrender,
surrender, surrender, surrender

tuggin' a rythm to the vision that's in my head
tuggin' a beat to the sight of you lying
so delighted with a new understanding
something about a little evil
that makes that unmistakable noise I was hearing
unmistakable sound i know so well
spent and sighing with a look in your eyes
spent and sighing with a look on your face like

sweet revelation, sweet surrender,
surrender, surrender, surrender

spent and sighing with a look in your eyes
spent and sighing with a look on your face like

sweet revelation, sweet surrendering
sweet revelation, sweet...

thinking of you, thinking of you,
thinking...
sweet revelation, sweet surrendering
sweet revelation




    Breņa
my reflection wraps and pulls me under healing waters to be bathed in Breņa
guides me safely in worlds i've never been to
heal me, heal me, my dear Breņa

vulnerable
it's all right
heal me, heal me, my dear Breņa

show me lonely and show me openings to lead me closer to you, my dear Breņa
vulnerable
it's all right
opening to heal




    Over
and over and over this before

so over this

been over this

so over this

been over this

over this before




    Diary of a Madman/Love Song
screaming at the window
watch me die another day
hopeless situation
endless price i'll have to pay

diary of a madman
walk the line again today
entries of confusion
dear diary, i'm here to stay

sanity now and beyond me
i will always love you
however long i stay
i will always love you
whatever words i say
i will always love you
there's no choice

whenever i'm alone
you make me feel like i'm hopeless

voices in the darkness
scream away my mental health
can i ask a question
to help me save me from myself?

sanity now and beyond me
i will always love you
however long i stay
i will always love you
whatever words i say
i will always love you
there's no choice

i will always love you

whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i'm whole again
whenever i'm alone with you
you make me feel like i'm whole again

i will always love you
there's no choice





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