Lay your beating heart atop the altar Fan that ancient fire I will stand behind you and watch as it engulfs you in the night You'll slit your wrists in worship of impermanence Bleed your body dry
Crumble inward as your worthlessness takes you closer to that rite That rite of passage, that right way up That escalating flight into the brightness of the sun Before you plummet to the ground in a mangled mess of bone and blood
The hesitation right before the touch That feeling that you could be wrong And then you scream, "It feels so right" But not for long
There you go, selling yourself into servitude again Blend your hopes and your fears into the wine that keeps you numb Store it away, let it ferment for a century And then taste the wrath extracted from that mess of bone and blood