She stands before you naked
you can see it, you can taste it,
and she comes to you light as the breeze.
Now you can drink it or you can nurse it,
it don't matter how you worship
as long as you're
down on your knees.
So I knelt there at the delta,
at the alpha and the omega,
at the cradle of the river and the seas.
And like a blessing come from heaven
for something like a second
I was healed and my heart
was at ease.
O baby I waited
so long for your kiss
for something to happen,
oh something like this.
And you're weak and you're harmless
and you're sleeping in your harness
and the wind going wild
in the trees,
and it ain't exactly prison
but you'll never be forgiven
for whatever you've done
with the keys.
O baby I waited ...
It's dark now and it's snowing
O my love I must be going,
The river has started to freeze.
And I'm sick of pretending
I'm broken from bending
I've lived too long on my knees.
Then she dances so graceful
and your heart's hard and hateful
and she's naked
but that's just a tease.
And you turn in disgust
from your hatred and from your love
and comes to you
light as the breeze.
O baby I waited ...
There's blood on every bracelet
you can see it, you can taste it,
and it's Please baby
please baby please.
And she says, Drink deeply, pilgrim
but don't forget there's still a woman
beneath this
resplendent chemise.
So I knelt there at the delta,
at the alpha and the omega,
I knelt there like one who believes.
And the blessings come from heaven
and for something like a second
I'm cured and my heart
is at easeWithin your mind, you feel a force
Striving to gain control, it burns you deep inside
No one can help you now
You try to focus on reality, feel your mind slipping
An outside air of composure, but inside you're screaming
Inside you're screaming
White blinding lights, now turns your world to black
Alone in silence, you prepare to meet the final attack
Your mind now out of control, a psychological disease
Your greatest fears envelop your mind - Infect it with torment
Now totally insane, you cannot remember your life before
A final vain hope, as you grasp for the shreds
The shreds of sanity
The shreds of sanity
You cannot hide the fear, confusion eats at your will
You lived your life upon a knifeedge of sanity
As your grip begins to fail, the words echo through your mind
Look what has become of your world