Paradise is Burning

Verse 1:

You… you speak of sympathetic lies

My heart no longer deep breathes

Lips whisper pleas to weeping skies

Eyes crushed full of searing debris.

I… I can't deny the toxic smoke

Slipping serene around out melting cries

Barbed wire tears tremor and choke

And the rose against your thigh dies.

Chorus:

Watch the petals burn triple explosions

Let the infernal sun shrivel to shreds

Your heart won't crumble soft lullabies

The moon will be reborn soon

Baby be patient

Oh baby be patient

Verse 2:

You… your eyes twirl psychedelic tie-dye

Trapped in avidity that drips pale blue

Tainted angels contemplating demise

As the womb of desire grew.

I…I remain violently tattered

In the landscape of your eyes

The glass bullet gently shattered

And the rose against your thigh dies.

Chorus:

Watch the petals burn triple explosions

Let the ashes of Eden choke your throat

Your eyes won't die comfortably blind

The binds will unwind in time

Baby be patient

Oh baby be patient

Verse 3:

You… you cradle silk ebony doves

On the tips of blistered dreams

Wilting on the edge of rancid love

Demons of hurt begin to sing.

I… I stand in splintering rain

Drowning in all I can't despise

Drained of all pain tainted distain

And the rose against your thigh dies.

Chorus:

Watch the petal burn triple explosions

Let the infernal sun shrivel to shreds

Your heart won't crumble soft lullabies

The moon will be reborn soon

Baby be patient

Oh baby be patient

Verse 4: still deciding if I want to use this part though…

Roses wilting in backwards motions

Reaching stained fingertips to the rotation of

Rhythmic commotion.

Satin lungs imploding under the torture of the sun

Licking sticky marrow off the edges of

Infernal implications

And you just turned away to kiss the beauty

Of deception

Ignorance is bliss in a world of

Violently tranquil emotions

Chorus:

Watch the petals burn triple explosions

Let the ashes of Eden choke your throat

Your eyes won't die comfortably blind

The binds will unwind in time

Baby be patient

Oh baby be patient

Written for my band Shank the Skank