When all should be done and gone He comes round again to see He can't keep himself away He touches her hand and it starts again
His work is an ugly mess He prods and it cries in pain He kicks and it starts to scream He hurries away when she cannot see
When all should be done and gone He comes round again to see He can't keep himself away He touches her hand and it starts again
Moving so slowly Droplets of kindness That poison and choke When this thing should have died long ago
The entrails are soft and warm This time it must be the end One touch and it lives again He keeps it alive to be part of its pain (And that's mercy, аnd that's compassion, And that's being good friends in a crisis. What's one corpse between friends?)
Oh Oh - oh - oh...
Leave it, boy Just leave it alone Stop scratching or it'll never heal Just let it lie in peace Get out of the way, get out of the way The brakes cannot last for long He knows he must let it go He knows but he keeps a hold He touches her hand and it starts again
Ah! (3x) Moving so slowly He drops it so gently Urging its life to a peak to torment it again!