Speak Not of the Laudanum Quandary
๐ต 1990 characters
โฑ๏ธ 12:45 duration
๐ ID: 10358876
๐ Lyrics
The vanity of the opportunist
And narcissism on an imperial scale
Breeding spite and despotic aches
Finding form in entitlement
To steep in bloody euphoria the despicable canvas
Bleached whiter than death
Solitary molecules wander from receptor to receptor
Come, spiteful opiate!
Invoking bliss as brittle as rapture
Like the harlequin balanced
Between his stilts and the noose
The sovereign tongue contorts and molests
Its dance as meretricious as the poppy
A foul lecher drooling bile
On these windows
On this pristine filth
We've made our bed, and lord knows
We won't be telling the truth in it
A cobblestone chorus
With all the tenacity of oxygen
Bent double on phosphorus
The tearing of the robe
As the curtains in the temple
The stretching of the rope
As a sordid fundamental
I let the flesh persist
Such that, in transient and passing stupor
I exist
Speak not, child
Speak not
There's an art to it
A prickling of every pore, each follicle an antenna
Crackling static over cold skin
Vasoconstriction on every frequently flung out frequency
Individuals all lined up in sequence
Elated and unabated, pulse and pulse again!
Ah!
To plaster the walls with the bone dust
And to smear over the concrete
With bloody viscosity
All born in the gutter to gutter-borne orphans
All limbs and no legacy
All in this together?
Hah!
I'll believe it
I'll let it grow like plaque
When my head zips up at the back
Down from the ballpoint comes a great new divide
Sintering these crystallites
We're less catalyst and more cattle-eyes
Two-faced phases falling
Failing, flailing against the undertow
In the pretence that they're not just atoms
In the cycle of reactant flow
Just as many are the flaxen locks rudely torn
From the heads of children
Many are the pawns thrown without ceremony
From this mortal board
The Queen moves unperturbed
But there's a wanton amoral grip about her throat
Abhorrent and abundant, resplendent on the velvet
The papaver is germinating
Not for want of soil, nor water
And narcissism on an imperial scale
Breeding spite and despotic aches
Finding form in entitlement
To steep in bloody euphoria the despicable canvas
Bleached whiter than death
Solitary molecules wander from receptor to receptor
Come, spiteful opiate!
Invoking bliss as brittle as rapture
Like the harlequin balanced
Between his stilts and the noose
The sovereign tongue contorts and molests
Its dance as meretricious as the poppy
A foul lecher drooling bile
On these windows
On this pristine filth
We've made our bed, and lord knows
We won't be telling the truth in it
A cobblestone chorus
With all the tenacity of oxygen
Bent double on phosphorus
The tearing of the robe
As the curtains in the temple
The stretching of the rope
As a sordid fundamental
I let the flesh persist
Such that, in transient and passing stupor
I exist
Speak not, child
Speak not
There's an art to it
A prickling of every pore, each follicle an antenna
Crackling static over cold skin
Vasoconstriction on every frequently flung out frequency
Individuals all lined up in sequence
Elated and unabated, pulse and pulse again!
Ah!
To plaster the walls with the bone dust
And to smear over the concrete
With bloody viscosity
All born in the gutter to gutter-borne orphans
All limbs and no legacy
All in this together?
Hah!
I'll believe it
I'll let it grow like plaque
When my head zips up at the back
Down from the ballpoint comes a great new divide
Sintering these crystallites
We're less catalyst and more cattle-eyes
Two-faced phases falling
Failing, flailing against the undertow
In the pretence that they're not just atoms
In the cycle of reactant flow
Just as many are the flaxen locks rudely torn
From the heads of children
Many are the pawns thrown without ceremony
From this mortal board
The Queen moves unperturbed
But there's a wanton amoral grip about her throat
Abhorrent and abundant, resplendent on the velvet
The papaver is germinating
Not for want of soil, nor water
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:49.69] The vanity of the opportunist
[00:58.13] And narcissism on an imperial scale
[01:10.72] Breeding spite and despotic aches
[01:19.87] Finding form in entitlement
[01:29.82] To steep in bloody euphoria the despicable canvas
[01:43.13] Bleached whiter than death
[01:48.60]
[02:49.64] Solitary molecules wander from receptor to receptor
[02:56.43] Come, spiteful opiate!
[03:00.19] Invoking bliss as brittle as rapture
[03:06.39] Like the harlequin balanced
[03:11.29] Between his stilts and the noose
[03:16.40]
[03:23.36] The sovereign tongue contorts and molests
[03:30.16] Its dance as meretricious as the poppy
[03:38.63] A foul lecher drooling bile
[03:45.84] On these windows
[03:48.74] On this pristine filth
[03:51.20]
[04:21.32] We've made our bed, and lord knows
[04:23.97] We won't be telling the truth in it
[04:29.79] A cobblestone chorus
[04:32.10] With all the tenacity of oxygen
[04:36.34] Bent double on phosphorus
[04:40.20] The tearing of the robe
[04:42.67] As the curtains in the temple
[04:47.47] The stretching of the rope
[04:51.27] As a sordid fundamental
[04:55.21]
[05:17.08] I let the flesh persist
[05:26.53] Such that, in transient and passing stupor
[05:37.80] I exist
[05:43.23] Speak not, child
[05:54.60] Speak not
[06:03.72] There's an art to it
[06:06.89]
[07:09.93] A prickling of every pore, each follicle an antenna
[07:13.84] Crackling static over cold skin
[07:16.94] Vasoconstriction on every frequently flung out frequency
[07:20.81] Individuals all lined up in sequence
[07:23.46] Elated and unabated, pulse and pulse again!
[07:28.18] Ah!
[07:29.26] To plaster the walls with the bone dust
[07:31.89] And to smear over the concrete
[07:35.67] With bloody viscosity
[07:40.15] All born in the gutter to gutter-borne orphans
[07:47.78] All limbs and no legacy
[07:50.34] All in this together?
[07:52.32] Hah!
[07:56.02] I'll believe it
[07:57.88] I'll let it grow like plaque
[08:03.17] When my head zips up at the back
[08:10.94] Down from the ballpoint comes a great new divide
[08:18.46] Sintering these crystallites
[08:20.85] We're less catalyst and more cattle-eyes
[08:25.54] Two-faced phases falling
[08:27.70] Failing, flailing against the undertow
[08:32.26] In the pretence that they're not just atoms
[08:36.21] In the cycle of reactant flow
[08:41.06]
[10:22.48] Just as many are the flaxen locks rudely torn
[10:27.93] From the heads of children
[10:30.68] Many are the pawns thrown without ceremony
[10:34.31] From this mortal board
[10:37.24] The Queen moves unperturbed
[10:40.12] But there's a wanton amoral grip about her throat
[10:45.01] Abhorrent and abundant, resplendent on the velvet
[10:53.87]
[11:24.56] The papaver is germinating
[11:31.16] Not for want of soil, nor water
[11:34.05]
[00:58.13] And narcissism on an imperial scale
[01:10.72] Breeding spite and despotic aches
[01:19.87] Finding form in entitlement
[01:29.82] To steep in bloody euphoria the despicable canvas
[01:43.13] Bleached whiter than death
[01:48.60]
[02:49.64] Solitary molecules wander from receptor to receptor
[02:56.43] Come, spiteful opiate!
[03:00.19] Invoking bliss as brittle as rapture
[03:06.39] Like the harlequin balanced
[03:11.29] Between his stilts and the noose
[03:16.40]
[03:23.36] The sovereign tongue contorts and molests
[03:30.16] Its dance as meretricious as the poppy
[03:38.63] A foul lecher drooling bile
[03:45.84] On these windows
[03:48.74] On this pristine filth
[03:51.20]
[04:21.32] We've made our bed, and lord knows
[04:23.97] We won't be telling the truth in it
[04:29.79] A cobblestone chorus
[04:32.10] With all the tenacity of oxygen
[04:36.34] Bent double on phosphorus
[04:40.20] The tearing of the robe
[04:42.67] As the curtains in the temple
[04:47.47] The stretching of the rope
[04:51.27] As a sordid fundamental
[04:55.21]
[05:17.08] I let the flesh persist
[05:26.53] Such that, in transient and passing stupor
[05:37.80] I exist
[05:43.23] Speak not, child
[05:54.60] Speak not
[06:03.72] There's an art to it
[06:06.89]
[07:09.93] A prickling of every pore, each follicle an antenna
[07:13.84] Crackling static over cold skin
[07:16.94] Vasoconstriction on every frequently flung out frequency
[07:20.81] Individuals all lined up in sequence
[07:23.46] Elated and unabated, pulse and pulse again!
[07:28.18] Ah!
[07:29.26] To plaster the walls with the bone dust
[07:31.89] And to smear over the concrete
[07:35.67] With bloody viscosity
[07:40.15] All born in the gutter to gutter-borne orphans
[07:47.78] All limbs and no legacy
[07:50.34] All in this together?
[07:52.32] Hah!
[07:56.02] I'll believe it
[07:57.88] I'll let it grow like plaque
[08:03.17] When my head zips up at the back
[08:10.94] Down from the ballpoint comes a great new divide
[08:18.46] Sintering these crystallites
[08:20.85] We're less catalyst and more cattle-eyes
[08:25.54] Two-faced phases falling
[08:27.70] Failing, flailing against the undertow
[08:32.26] In the pretence that they're not just atoms
[08:36.21] In the cycle of reactant flow
[08:41.06]
[10:22.48] Just as many are the flaxen locks rudely torn
[10:27.93] From the heads of children
[10:30.68] Many are the pawns thrown without ceremony
[10:34.31] From this mortal board
[10:37.24] The Queen moves unperturbed
[10:40.12] But there's a wanton amoral grip about her throat
[10:45.01] Abhorrent and abundant, resplendent on the velvet
[10:53.87]
[11:24.56] The papaver is germinating
[11:31.16] Not for want of soil, nor water
[11:34.05]