Fluorescent messiah born in a haze of marijuana smoke, Baptized in stale beer basins to be sacrificed to the hallucinogenic sunset Half blinded by the stars like iridescent angels swimming in the reflecting pools at the edge of periphery And of their blood and body the people lined up for miles to make offerings, To pay tribute at the feet of the once and future king of the wasteland One by one by one the wisemen wept and the shepherds sang blind hymns to the flock And the Sphinx was the only one brave enough to ask the question, If the form is blessed and the essence black, should the Son be blamed for what the Father lacked? Swept up in a tidal wave of holy disgrace and blissful in deranged glory Hallelujah, he is Risen! Like the flag hoisted above embattled Eden Kicked in like a broken door by savages on the prowl for petty victory worthy to hang above their mantle But indomitable still, even crucified, martyred on a cross of felonies And on the day of Last Judgement, when the Second Coming is at hand Will Paradise echo the elation of the believers? Will the kingdom of the Most High relive it's former glory? Will the wasteland know peace again? Maybe, brother Maybe Eden is for the birds, and Paradise is better off burning But the faith, and the love, are not so easily destroyed