Paradiso

[00:08.13] I recall a closing door, and I remember

[00:13.72] Seeing shadows, cross a stained glass sky

[00:23.27] Long before the strangers came down, to steal our clothing

[00:29.12] And our consciences long before

[00:34.33] Eyes were empty

[00:38.31] Hearts were cold

[00:50.54] We'll watch the rattlesnakes slide

[00:54.52] Slowly, swerve into view

[00:57.87] To tease and tantalize

[01:01.33] To sucker your senses, and spit out the pieces

[01:04.68] Hey magazine girl!

[01:06.81] She was living in a different world

[01:10.53] Or is it a he?

[01:12.13] Pull back the curtain my son

[01:16.11] I look around, the color has gone

[01:20.09] And slowly darkness descends upon me

[01:27.16] Paradiso, I know you lied, that much I see

[01:40.17] Well the serpent sings his song

[01:43.89] To so many sleeping staring eyes

[01:47.52] Like sheep they sing along

[01:50.87] And clap in time to a heart that's beating

[01:55.11] Crazy child, she was wicked

[01:58.56] Oh, she was wild

[02:00.06] Her eyes are open

[02:01.65] Pull back the curtain today

[02:05.64] I look around

[02:07.23] The color is gray

[02:09.62] Gray as the ghost town that towers above me

[02:16.53] Paradiso, I know you lied, that much is clear, to me

[02:43.51] I see the poet and the fool

[02:47.76] Walking hand in hand to school

[02:51.74] I recall the lonely outcast and I remember

[02:57.32] Laughing children, it was long before

[03:02.10] Their eyes were empty

[03:05.82] Hearts were cold

[03:18.30] So, dance this final dance with me

[03:21.76] I'll wrap my sting round your spine

[03:25.22] Will poison wash away the fear

[03:29.10] Wipe the world from my mind?

[03:33.09] Look up, what can you do?

[03:36.54] I looked around the color was blue

[03:40.25] Wise up, it's in your head

[03:43.44] I looked around me and the color is red

[03:47.17] Red as the words that I read on the wall

[03:54.07] Paradiso, kingdoms rise, so must they fall

[04:00.87] And only ashes remain in the end

[04:08.05] Paradiso, I know you lied, lies without end

[04:13.34] I'll see it again and again and again