VERSE 1: Demonize – the devil in me By way of wicked men - with their wicked tongues clacking. I don’t mind – chastise. Taste my lips – they burn from the running...
CHORUS: I’VE TOUCHED THE SUN ON HIGH AND TORE MY MIND AS I FELL FROM THE SKY; I’VE BURNED MY TONGUE IN THIRST OF PEACE... LIKE A HORRID BOLT FROM THE BLUE I GUILD THE LILY AND FIND NOTHING IN YOU, SO I WASH MY HANDS SO CLEAN OF THIS…
VERSE 2: Lay me down – cast a sun shadow, Let me blind my gaze – on you, you jackdaw widow. The waking hours – have slowed. Breathe it in – for your embrace has become a garrote...
CHORUS: I’VE TOUCHED THE SUN ON HIGH AND TORE MY MIND AS I FELL FROM THE SKY; I’VE BURNED MY TONGUE IN THIRST OF PEACE... LIKE A HORRID BOLT FROM THE BLUE I GUILD THE LILY AND FIND NOTHING IN YOU, SO I WASH MY HANDS SO CLEAN OF THIS…
BRIDGE: The crescendo to your revenge has fallen on deaf ears For in the fullness of time, all will mean nothing. Your kind, I’ve learned off pat through these fruitless years - But I’ve got it in the neck for conducting this symphony
In a way…
CHORUS: I’VE TOUCHED THE SUN ON HIGH AND TORE MY MIND AS I FELL FROM THE SKY; I’VE BURNED MY TONGUE IN THIRST OF PEACE... LIKE A HORRID BOLT FROM THE BLUE I GUILD THE LILY AND FIND NOTHING IN YOU, SO I WASH MY HANDS SO CLEAN OF THIS… SO CLEAN OF THIS…