6Paradise 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