The Figurehead

[Verse 1]

Sharp and open, leave me alone

And sleeping less every night

As the days become heavier and weighted

Waiting in the cold light

A noise, a scream tears my clothes as the figurines tighten

With spiders inside them

And dust on the lips of a vision of hell

I laughed in the mirror for the first time in a year

[Verse 2]

A hundred other words blind me with your purity

Like an old painted doll in the throes of dance

I think about tomorrow, please let me sleep

As I slip down the window, freshly squashed fly

You mean nothing

You mean nothing

[Verse 3]

I can lose myself in Chinese art and American girls

All the time, lose me in the dark, please do it right

Run into the night, I will lose myself tomorrow

Crimson pain, my heart explodes

My memory in a fire, and someone will listen

At least for a short while

[Bridge]

(I can never say no)

I can never say no to anyone but you

[Verse 4]

Too many secrets, too many lies

Writhing with hatred

Too many secrets, please make it good tonight

But the same image haunts me, in sequence, in despair of time

I will never be clean again

I touched her eyes, pressed my stained face

I will never be clean again

[Outro]

Touched her eyes, pressed my stained face

I will never be clean again

I will never be clean again

I will never be clean again