What to say, where to start
And what is it that you're after?
I snap my fingers and I here by
Re-open these files
Let the old man cough
Let him cough up his silent heart
In a stare, recall the years
Of the unstoppable rage
Never really faded, but eased
Became a thing you learn to handle
Give the old man peace
Don't smack him back in time
Make him drink to calm the rage
Give him drugs to ease the pain
Let him think, bring up the names
Kill him and re-animate
On a river of salty
And adolescent tears
The raft floated downstream
It took some boys and girls
With a sailor's dream
Laughter in their heads
Couldn't play guitar
But somehow seemed to grab a mean e minor
She sang a note to it
That hypnotised and chilled us to the bone
As if she wasn't real
Impersonating a child
And when the wig fell off
It must have been under my caress
It hid a scar that made somebody scream
"Mark of the beast"
Then the raft made water
And the violence had begun
Oh, how we made the waterside
Just the two of us survived
May I say, I owed my life
To a pale and unmasked child
Beast in child's clothes, I call your name
Your grin it haunts me like a pain
How we hissed at that waterside
How I took you for my bride
Let me dream while I'm awake
Let me be, forget the names
I see you through these tears of hate
Clench my fists, and curse this fate
How you killed and re-animated
And what is it that you're after?
I snap my fingers and I here by
Re-open these files
Let the old man cough
Let him cough up his silent heart
In a stare, recall the years
Of the unstoppable rage
Never really faded, but eased
Became a thing you learn to handle
Give the old man peace
Don't smack him back in time
Make him drink to calm the rage
Give him drugs to ease the pain
Let him think, bring up the names
Kill him and re-animate
On a river of salty
And adolescent tears
The raft floated downstream
It took some boys and girls
With a sailor's dream
Laughter in their heads
Couldn't play guitar
But somehow seemed to grab a mean e minor
She sang a note to it
That hypnotised and chilled us to the bone
As if she wasn't real
Impersonating a child
And when the wig fell off
It must have been under my caress
It hid a scar that made somebody scream
"Mark of the beast"
Then the raft made water
And the violence had begun
Oh, how we made the waterside
Just the two of us survived
May I say, I owed my life
To a pale and unmasked child
Beast in child's clothes, I call your name
Your grin it haunts me like a pain
How we hissed at that waterside
How I took you for my bride
Let me dream while I'm awake
Let me be, forget the names
I see you through these tears of hate
Clench my fists, and curse this fate
How you killed and re-animated