Sabachthani The Skull of an Angel Lyrics

I cant bow to you, dear lord if your hands are shaking
Hold your knife steady and firm
For you I will consume
I have bled all your flowers and unmasked your vast perfection
In loathe I turn away
But I hunger every day
I've lived all your wonders and I've seen the edges of you
The fear and the blood of christ
And your filthy paradise
Through the glass I can see them
All the ghosts that you believe in
Be still and touch me again
And I'll give you everything

Hear, what will I feel?
I cannot see
Read loudly to me my lord and forgive...
me, what will I be?
I cannot dream
Read loudly to me my lord and free me...

To this day I have never felt so lonely
Your hope shattering still, my fragile mind and will
I try and I listen to the snakes that slither around us
Your voice deep in my head
And I pour another drink
Your face isnt hidden
You're the mouth of every child that starve and bleed
The skull of a beast, in a carnival of greed
I cant bow to you dear lord for your hands are still shaking
violently and desperately
For you I will devour.

When you're done I'll get up and walk
through the desert and through the crowd
They'll touch me with your eyes
but father you will fail tonight
Here I stand in naked flesh
with your army watching me
I will not cry like him
I will not suffer for your sins
Let the children come to me
all the same for they cant believe
I lay my collar down
And drink your tears for one last time
Even now when you leave my side
and give birth to another christ
I would stand there in your light
But father I have forsaken me

what will I feel?
I cannot see
Read loudly to me my lord and forgive me
what will I be?
I cannot dream
Read loudly to me my lord and forgive me
what will I feel?
I cannot see
Read loudly to me my lord and forgive me
what will I be?
I cannot dream
Read loudly to me my lord and forgive me

The Thief and the Fallen
You leave yourself behind
In the arms of the mob
And their fear
You burn like their torches
With the true passion of disbelief
And you love your pain... in every way

Her dress is still in the ground
You cannot find your prey now
Her ghost still clutching at you
This, where you left her dead

Save me from them
Attend to my wake
We wield our laughter like sadness
Like hours only borrowed in death
Please let me in
Into your heart
With all but your shadow concealing me
Darkness revealing I fall...

Paradise was yours
Dismembered now
On a throne with a crown
And an opera
And your eyes cant stand the light
In the dying of night, you drown

You have forsaken birth
And spoken in tounges of salvation
This is a plauge of hands
A life of stolen treasure

Take me from them
I have no one else
I'll sear my way straight through your bosom
With claws and with teeth right through you
I'll tear you apart
Like the dress that you loved
You kept your rage safe for the mornings
When I was defenseless and weak

Yours is the night
Avatar of Sorrow
Far from your own
Lost and alone

I wept for you
Gave my eyes to see
All that was you
Gave my hands to feel
I gave my life for you lies
Called you out, forced to cry
Gave my breath for your breath
Come lay your hands upon me

Yours is the night
Avatar of Sorrow
Far from your own
Lost and alone