food for the wyrm

Lyrics

Cross Eyed Heart
I went down to the cemetery
To see what you might say
Your bones cracked and weary
Your careworn mask finally caved
You said “your error is apparent,
return home and obey”
I’ve taken such pains to hide you beneath
My skies of gray

Friend, your cross
Eyed heart
Knows no shame
Bound, every link
A deceit
In your chain

Now I refuse to take your wisdom
As the gospel of a saint!
All the books you ever bought me,
Their ashes I blew away
The dark music from your parlor
I destroyed it in a rage
All your patent leather stories
I peeled back and smeared with paint

Friend, your cross
Eyed heart
Knows no shame
Bound, every link
A deceit
In your chain

Now you’re gone and I’m not sorry
I never missed your pallid face
There are no more of those fragrant roses,
NO baby’s breath, an empty vase
Where I’ll set fire to all my worries
Let them burn and turn my face
And every step I take hereafter
That flame will guide my way

Friend, your cross
Eyed heart
Knows no shame
Bound, every link
A deceit
In your chain