War Against Sleep

The humming heart.
The honeybee.
The ancient monkey-puzzle tree.
The birthing of the baby lamb.
The breaking down of what I am.
And the changing of the seasons they remind me of the reasons why I left you.
The invitation to the feast. The inclination of the
beast.
The padding sounds of little feet.
The tearing out of baby meat.
And the changing of the seasons they remind me of the reasons why I left you.
You.
The frigid bride.
The winter's groom.
The waning and dilating moon.
The bitter end.
The frosting eye of everything that's come to die.
And the changing of the seasons they remind me of the reasons why I left you.
You.

The taste of life disappears.
The flavour of all the years.
Breath is flying away.
Life is ending today.
No more suffering.
No more suffering only love.
Through lives you don't understand.
The mysteries of this land.
The colours fade into grey.
Life is ending today.
No more suffering.
No more suffering only love.

Many beauties must have died before my eyes were opened wide.
May I harm none.
Many centuries I roamed far away from hearth and home.
May I harm none.
All your milk of humankind to me was poisonous and I.
May I harm none.
Became an enemy of life with my silver bladed knife.
May I harm none.
I'll be sad and I'll be lonely for one more second only.
If these feelings are true I'll soon be loving you.
I'll be sad and I'll be lonely for one more second only.
If these feelings are true I'll soon be loving you.
There will be dancing and singing in the courtyards a celebration of life when the king of the very high places reunites with his beautiful wife.
In the twinkling of an eye I heard a trumpet in the sky.
May I harm none.
And the night lit up your name in fiercing thunderbolts and flames.
May I harm none.
On my belly I confessed to every pinprick and caress.
May I harm none.
And the bodies I concealed were resurrected and revealed.
May I harm none.
I'll be sad and I'll be lonely for one more second only.
If these feelings are true I'll soon be loving you.
I'll be sad and I'll be lonely for one more second only.
If these feelings are true I'll soon be reunited with you.
There is nothing else that I can do.
When the waters from the queen's womb spill disorder.
Then the king will hold her hand through the night.
There'll be rumours in the palace of a daughter.
A rare and unforgettable sight.
Can you see them in the mountains?
Can you hear them in the valley?
I can see them in the mountains!
I can hear them in the valley!

Let me kiss you with kisses on the mouth for our love is more delightful than wine.
Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfume.
Your fragrance like perfume poured out.
No wonder the maidens adore you and delight in the love that you bring.
And harnessed to the chariot of the pharaoh I liken you to the Sphinx.
I gather up your incense with spice.
Eat your honeycomb and wine.
I have come to be in your garden.
My sister my wife.
Come with me to the mountains of myrrh to the valleys of incense.
Come blow north winds and blow south winds so the fragrance may be censed.
Your face is beautiful with angels.
Your neck with a string of jewels.
I will make you earrings of gold studded with silver.
Oh your breasts are like clusters of the vine becoming perfect wine.
Turn your eyes away from me.
They overwhelm me with light.
Overwhelm me with light.

Bedminster parade - the lights and the arcade are sparkling and new for me and for you.
I stopped in a doorway to count up the money I kept in my coat - not a single note.
And I started to feel the familiar sensation of my spirits undone - like father like son.
Nobody watched when I picked up the cigarette dimps of the floor.
I leaned against the door.
On Bedminster Parade I waited for you in the rain.
I rolled up a fat smoke with liquorice papers and set it alight.
I breathed in the night.
My head was all spinning and my ears were ringing as I walked down the road to my sweet abode.
And I stumbled into a young maiden with pretty things tattooed on her arms.
I meant her no harm.
Now I don't know where I am going but it is exciting and real - All this love I feel.
On Bedminster Parade I waited for you in the rain.

Wasting my life away.
Teletext nights Teletext days.
What do you want me to say?
What d you want me to say?
I'm giving up giving in.
Living this life of sin.
And dreaming my cares away for Teletext nights Teletext days.
The secrets inside my soul.
The video remote control.
The staying up late at night.
You know that it's gonna be alright.
Your secrets are safe with me. Whatever you want me to be.
I'm wasting my life away for Teletext nights Teletext days.
There's lots of things I'm gonna do when I am well.

They say that the plague kills the one's who cannot see but the carriers don't seem that blind to me.
Some might say it signifies the end just like a broken bone that will not mend.
You know I've seen those creatures on parade.
You know I've seen those creatures have no shame.
They run around they ride out in the night cos they all know it's gonna be alright.
And I shallow shadow fly out of my ego and into the morning sky.
The innocent that drink their savior's tears.
Been swallowing his lies down through the years.
The evil one weaves his tangled web.
Their little lives are hanging by a thread.
So run to him and let yourself be healed.
Run to him and all will be revealed.
I can see no future in this town.
It's not long now till the place comes tumbling down.
And I shallow shadow fly out of my ego and into the morning sky.
Out of my ego and into the morning sky.