John the Baptist

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Started pristine, since tattered
None of this really matters
Plastered on pedestals high
Comes crashing down from the sky

Decayed before it’s born
Penitent’s patience breeds scorn
But she found another way
There’s really no following me to the grave

Bloodied and battered
Breastbone shattered

Goodness gave way to my grief
And all of my wants became needs
And as she took aim for the cutting
Well I was reduced down to nothing

I should have begged for my mercy
I should have cried for restraint
But she found another way
There’s really no following me to the grave

Cut from cadavers
Heads on platters

And my head
Suddenly floating and free
And my neck
Suddenly open to breathe
And my eyes
Clouded by nothin' to see
And my body
Falls to the floor in a heap

Bound by my winters and dead to my rights
Fueled by the embers of these endless nights
Levitate limbless, cerebral, serene
I had to taste it to know what it means

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from Velocipede, released January 1, 2005

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