can you hear the awful drums?
they're telling us that things will never
ever be the same again -
so they beat, the exact same rhythm
as the blood clogging my ears.
let's take the method
right out the madness, shall we?
laughter won't feel half as good
once the last bit of wine has left my throat;
the sacred chalice shattered long ago.
a tall man comes my way, hands and face
stained with ichor. oh,
now i see that alien glow more clearly!
it sits behind his eyes, sways along
with the light reaching through the leaves outside.
oh, but i do wish, i wish, i wish
that things hadn't ended this way.
i wish the fates had reached
some sort of agreement, you see -
in this matter between you and me.
no point dwelling in what's gone,
and i'm quite sure i won't be here long enough
to hear the last of the chants.
and you know, and i know you know
it would be rotten, rotten work any other way.
Sep 3, 2020
Sep 3, 2020 at 6:39 PM UTC
can you hear the awful drums?
they're telling us that things will never
ever be the same again -
so they beat, the exact same rhythm
as the blood clogging my ears.
let's take the method
right out the madness, shall we?
laughter won't feel half as good
once the last bit of wine has left my throat;
the sacred chalice shattered long ago.
a tall man comes my way, hands and face
stained with ichor. oh,
now i see that alien glow more clearly!
it sits behind his eyes, sways along
with the light reaching through the leaves outside.
oh, but i do wish, i wish, i wish
that things hadn't ended this way.
i wish the fates had reached
some sort of agreement, you see -
in this matter between you and me.
no point dwelling in what's gone,
and i'm quite sure i won't be here long enough
to hear the last of the chants.
and you know, and i know you know
it would be rotten, rotten work any other way.
