A thousand, red warriors reluctantly ordered to begin A charge that lead to slaughter amid chaotic blackened din On a desert plain where I now stand rubbing dusty eyes With the company of a deaf friend whose beginnings I despise It is lonely at this stop here with the low arms of light creeping in We delivered the kiss of death and it was well received It is lonely and there is no place to go except down It’s lonely and there’s no where to go except down The desert is alone and I’ve no face to show this dawn Just heavy, cold light on these eyes, this sorry excuse for eyes I dressed up a cactus as a clown and on his spiny face I painted a frown His whiskers brush my cheek, I plant the kiss of death, my lip bleeds It is lonely and the only direction I know is down into the battle It is lonely and the only place I know to go is down into the bottle The desert is home for me, a dusty, circus clown “the moth balls,” I told you “were such a sorry excuse for eyes.” On a desert plain where I now stand rubbing dusty eyes In a company of a drunk, deaf, dumb friend whose beginnings I despise spotted with placid mirrors is this ground but their reflection scares the shit out of me Takes what he can, when he can, why he can He kicks the can There’s a pebble inside and it rattles hopelessly to the empty desert dawn but it was well received really