It was just a phase Only the succubus scale taunting hour by hour With the porcelain throne to kneel to, My god to worship on the floor Only a deterioration of beauty, the desire for bones, satisfied mirrors, emptiness No true happy moment, just strange pleasure from the purge Temptations were the deadly pattern, and I was the self-made victim Yes, it was a phase, but it was not only a time out out a year out of my life It was me, running around outside of this building, trying to get in Or maybe I was inside of a box Trying to get o u t