Devil: Again! Pry the belly, and nail First with shovel, then with bone Devil: Coal and fire to the whale First with shovel, then with bone Devil: Break the lion, catch his tail First with shovel, then with bone Devil: Little Lambs tied to the rail first with shovel, then with bone All: Huh! Devil: Black tracks, black crows Feeding on the face of a dear abandoned boy fighting for a taste with the flies. Black chains, black spikes Hammering the steal and wounds with shit and mud scabbing into railroad ties. Four! Then twenty blackbirds fall where metal moans and ghanti's curse. Pitch and flail beneath the malls. Strike the furnace, raise the hearse! Again! Pry the belly, and nail First with shovel, then with bone Devil: Coal and fire to the whale First with shovel, then with bone Devil: Break the lion, catch his tail First with shovel, then with bone Devil: Little lambs tied to the rail First with shovel, then with bone All: Huh! Devil: Black tongues, black breath hissed acrossed the faces of dear departing souls swallowing the guilt and ink. Black coal(?), black fridge(?), cutting with its teeth in ash and vein and skin clawing through the sludge and stink. Four! And twenty blackbirds fall where metal moans and ghanti's curse. Pitch and flail beneath the malls. Strike the furnace, raise the hearse! Again! Pry the belly, and nail First with shovel, then with bone Coal and fire to the whale First with shovel, then with bone Pry the belly, and nail First with shovel, then with bone Coal and fire to the whale First with shovel, now with bone
Ms. Merrywood: Heave on, heave on cast out your skin, fat to the feast. With each crumb that's offered another mouth springs. Devil: Surrender your wool and your kin to the beast. Ms. Merrywood: Heave on, heave on. Devil: Down the throat of a alle-alle-luia spoil an empty God. Devil (Ms. Merrywood): Pry the belly, and nail, Alleluia (All your dreams are Heaven sent(?)) Coal and fire to the whale, Alle-luia (Want a bloody cast-off) Break the lion, catch his tail (on a Alleluia Al-le-luia) First with shovel, now with bone (Al-le-luia) Little lambs tied to the rail (Always Al-le-luia) First with shovel, now with bone Pry the belly, and nail. (Kiss my Vessel ring my soul) Devil (Ms. Merrywood/): First with shovel, Alleluia (Alleluia) Coal and fire to the whale, Alleluia! Ha-ha-ha,(Find myself...(?)Alleluia Al-le-luia) Break the lion, catch his tail (Al-le-luia) First with shovel, now with bone (Always Al-le-luia) Alleluia! Alleluia! Ha-Ha! Alleluia (Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia) Pry the belly and nail. (...?) First with shovel now with bone(Alleluia) Coal and fire to the whale (Cold and dried out with my sins?) First with shovel now with bone(Alleluia, Al-le-luia) Break the lion, catch his tail (Al-le-luia) First with shovel now with bone (Always Al-le-luia) Little lambs tied to the rail Again Ms. Merrywood and Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia, Always Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia, Al-le-luia