[Intro]

(Ooo...)

[Verse 1]

All along she speaks in a whisper

Delicately crushing the future

In her mouth her tongue is a creature

With a trident fork

Underneath the smiles and kind words

You are breaking up into birds

That fly carrying your sparkling entrails out

[Pre-Chorus]

Time is a fickle mistress

She loves your shining distress

Time is the brightest diamond

Cutting through your mind

[Chorus]

Ah, desolation

Comes in a vessel of light

Stride through the demarcation line

To the game inside

Ah, revelation breaks like a collapsed lung

Ah, desperation flares like a starting gun

[Verse 2]

All along you wonder and worry

All of this is coming to nothing

And you dream of cradles and old yew trees

Underground you're buried alive

And light is a line we save for the children

There is a tone that's ringing inside your head

[Pre-Chorus]

Time is a fickle mistress

With a wicked grin

Perception is inviting

You to come on in

[Chorus]

Ah, desolation

Bursts like a warning fire

Stride through the demarcation lines

To the breath inside

Ah, revelation comes in a stranger's mask

[Outro]

And the morning is outstanding

You can breathe at last

(Ooo...)