He told me I was dirty
so I took a shower
that made me feel naughty
so I drank the water
but the water made me thirsty
and the flower called me greedy
so I gave away all my clothes
and the bible called me guilty
so I cut off all my hair
and my best friends called me looney
so I cut off both my hands
and gouged out both my eyes
and stapled lips together
so I couldn't hear my cries
I filled my ears with beeswax
and peeled away my skin
like an apple for a picky child
who knows not yet of sin
and now i stand before you
naked blind and deaf
i'm mute to my own fears
and welcoming my death
because to Him I still am dirty
and the flower calls me ugly
and the bible's lost its pages
and I see no friend's dear faces
now bloody beaten battered
sorry soggy somber
now decomposing deloving deliving
i'm not conserving
i left the water running