Babylonic in their effort to tray They reversed their fate in tongues In a language of defy and decay A thousand devils became one
So sardonic in their effort to slay So demonic came the end of days So splendid they had sought their fall
None for none and woe for all Was the season From chaos, bred, into the heart Born without reason Looking glass, looking glass, Menace on the wall Tell us how that city grew A whore called Babylon
And claiming the skies from holy flame to soma The god they derive upraise from peace and coma Many be the plagues of wrath until forgiveness Swarm the land to his command and curses…
And still I dream Of her Belladonna eyes Gazing far to sweet oblivion I am afraid… Sp still it seems Her porcelain heels did crack As she fell with morning light I am enchained…
Enchained to the carcass of becoming Growing, glowing like the moon over tombs Far from perfection but close to addiction Petrifying hopes to a stairway to hell
To hell…
And to hell they wane…
Debris rushing by as swiftly we tumble Turning in a maelstrom of sin It was me, on my knees, who prayed for a shotgun Scorched Vergils fires and the din within
Behold! This is the end
So draconic in our effort to lay An ambush and the blame In a language of defy and decay That we tried but failed tot tame
So sardonic in our effort to slay So demonic came the end of days So splendid we had sought our fall
The tidal turns, our turrets crumble, down The darkened skies stifles our cries and frown:
It’s rotting down
And still I dream Of her Belladonna eyes Gazing far to sweet oblivion I am afraid… So still it seems her porcelain heels did crack As she fell with morning light I am enchained…
And if nightmares part us I will stand But fiercer spectres have returned
It was her and delicate smile Gilded by the gloss of her despotic verve That slithered like a tongue on dead lips From vision to life in every limb, every nerve With punishments lured for the poison and cure I craved for this sticky caress Like a moth to the moon and a venomous spoon The night in her eyes dimmed the burning guile of Death…