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I cant bow to you, dear lord if your hands are shaking

Hold your knife steady and firm

For you I will consume

I have bled all your flowers and unmasked your vast perfection

In loathe I turn away

But I hunger every day

I've lived all your wonders and I've seen the edges of you

The fear and the blood of christ

And your filthy paradise

Through the glass I can see them

All the ghosts that you believe in

Be still and touch me again

And I'll give you everything

Hear, what will I feel?

I cannot see

Read loudly to me my lord and forgive...

me, what will I be?

I cannot dream

Read loudly to me my lord and free me...

To this day I have never felt so lonely

Your hope shattering still, my fragile mind and will

I try and I listen to the snakes that slither around us

Your voice deep in my head

And I pour another drink

Your face isnt hidden

You're the mouth of every child that starve and bleed

The skull of a beast, in a carnival of greed

I cant bow to you dear lord for your hands are still shaking

violently and desperately... For you I will devour.

When you're done I'll get up and walk

through the desert and through the crowd

They'll touch me with your eyes

but father you will fail tonight

Here I stand in naked flesh

with your army watching me

I will not cry like him

I will not suffer for your sins

Let the children come to me

all the same for they cant believe

I lay my collar down

And drink your tears for one last time

Even now when you leave my side

and give birth to another christ

I would stand there in your light

But father I have forsaken me

what will I feel?

I cannot see

Read loudly to me my lord and forgive me

what will I be?

I cannot dream

Read loudly to me my lord and forgive me

what will I feel?

I cannot see

Read loudly to me my lord and forgive me

what will I be?

I cannot dream

Read loudly to me my lord and forgive me