Your flesh is a factory Spinning out skin bone and teeth I hear your blood and bile seep I feel your heart each time it beats Isn’t that just love, my lovely? That you should feed me when i’m hungry It isn’t much I need So please, don’t be afraid to bleed Surely yours, the purest love The kind sent down from heaven above I know your heart too kind and sweet To withhold from those in need I know, my love, you’d never curse me To waste away when I’ve grown thirsty It isn’t much I need, Please don’t be afraid to bleed Isn’t that just love, my lovely? That you should feed me when I’m hungry? And you’ve got blood in such excess It must be no great burden to divest, And how much could you need? So, please don’t be afraid to bleed

Who is my love? And what is her name? Her blood stains the ground, And who is to blame? My heart is an abattoir, My heart has a thirst She won’t be the last, No, she wasn’t my first My love has been bound My love has been drowned And we’re all just dirt in the ground My maiden fair with long dark hair Laid roses ‘cross her chest My maiden fair with long dark hair Laid in the river bed My loves come unwound My love bleeding out And we’re all just dirt in the ground My maiden fair with long dark hair And roses in her mouth My maiden fair with long dark hair She’s just dirt in the ground We’re all gathered round We’re all gathered round And we’re all just dirt in the ground We’re all gathered round We’re all gathered round And we’re all just dirt in the ground So would you kill me now? Oh would you kill me now? I know you know how I know you know how A maiden fair with long dark hair Left flowers on my grave A maiden fair with long dark hair Away she’s gone away Who is my love? And what is my name? My blood stain the ground But who is to blame? A girl in the garden A girl in the mirror A girl in the graveyard My dear, my dear My dear, my dear

Oh my love said her heart was a slaughterhouse floor She said la la la She said my heart was a wrought iron door She said la la la She said I’ll be your battering ram She said la la la Said I’ll be your locksmith i’ll be your man She said la la la She said always wear your heart on your sleeve La la la Cause love only lasts for as long as you bleed she said La la la So I met my love on the slaughterhouse floor She said la la la And I checked the locks on my wrought iron door I said la la la Said I don’t want no battering ram I said la la la But I’ll be your butcher knife, i’ll be your man I said la la la Always wear another man’s heart on my sleeve La la la Cause my love only sees what she wants to see La la la Be thou flesh of my flesh and i’ll be the house that you haunt Lay down your neck for my blade and I’ll be what you want And I can’t seem to imagine, perfect love But I have to imagine That it’s blood, blood, blood Oh my love said her heart was a slaughterhouse floor She said la la la She said my heart was a wrought iron door She said la la la She said I’ll be your battering ram She said la la la Said I’ll be your locksmith i’ll be your man She said la la la

Ask me where your body ends And where mine begins And tell me where the blood still flows Are you now a fire? All burning desire But for what god only knows Ohhhhh Ooooh And what kind of blessing This obsession Molten metal in your veins I might try to match it But my mask is cracking If only I could feel your pain Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhhh Systems conjoined At unstable points Bloody electric, What is your metric? Tracing the impulse Is one true and one false? What is a fire? Who is a liar? Oooh Oooh Tell me where the tower ends And tunnel begins Tell me do you love the wound? Kneeling at the altar Our bodies falter I guess the end is coming soon.

My love she sits where green is deep, asleep. Her parted lips lie cold and full of thorns, This sleeper whispers to me do not mourn. We’ve left to many secrets here to keep My love she warns me gentle, do not weep Sap trickles from her lids where they are torn, As at her throat the sweet new growth is born And who am I to say where vines should creep (One day, turns to three turns to five one day I won’t remember) (I am the insect walking here) (Forgive the future forget the fear) She tells me what I know, I cannot stay And offers me the flowers at her wrist Reminds me of the fruits that come in may And leaves me bleeding from her final kiss I go, relent and leave her to decay Leave life and death together, bound in bliss.

The smooth expanse unbroken, But not hard to tear apart That’s where we start The knife is sharp I promise this, Then deeper in It takes some force For bone to split Unfold the ribs Like pages in a book The flesh now held and hooked Would you like to take a look? Lean over now I’ll show you how Just a little bit Now that body splits That’s it Don’t push it too far See? Your heart still beats For me. See? Your heart still beats For me. Your blood still seeps for me, Your lungs still breathe for me. Do you see? See? Your heart still beats for me Your heart sill beats for me Your heart still beats Your heart still Beats And when we put you back together What shape would you take? I can go whichever way You like My stitches tight and sure Who are you anymore Let's find out together What's rejoined whats severed Whats born anew now Who are you now? Uncover the body Discover this body

The soul is an emergent property of the body All structure is anatomy And thus sufficient understanding of systems and lines Allows the capacity for creation of something that is truly alive A vaulted rib cage over head (we are playing god again) (we are playing god again) That Holds the weights of giant’s flesh (we are building god again) (We are filling god again) Impermanence is an inevitability of the human body Decay is the unavoidable fate of our anatomy Thus we endeavor toward structures that defy our sense of time In the ways of Fungus. Forest. God. Alive We are the ones who serve it well (we are playing god again) (we are playing god again) (this place is for you) Who strive to live outside ourselves (we are building god again) (We are filling god again) (it is a place of honor) In the absence of a God understood to be clearly embodied We create her in our passion for anatomy The greatest end of humanity would be this: In short, create what we cannot imagine to exist We stand in pride, we stand in awe (we are playing god again) (we are playing god again) (this place is for you) That we, so small, can build a god (we are building god again) (We are filling god again) (it is a place of honor) (The love of god is infinite) Not the house of god, but rather the housing of god (The love of god is intimate) (The love of god is infinite) Be within me, for this too is my body (The love of god is intimate)

Lost some, lost some, something in the woods somewhere Lost some, lost some, something in the woods somewhere Lost some lost some something I, lost some lost some something And I I I’m afraid that it’s my mi i ind Lost some lost some something I, lost some, lost some, something And oh oh oh I know that it’s my sou o oul Would you still come with me if you knew where I’d been? Would you still say you love me if you knew the state I’m in? Lost some lost some something I, lost some lost some something And I I I’m afraid that it’s my mi i ind Lost some lost some something I, lost some, lost some, something And oh oh oh I know that it’s my sou o oul A girl in the garden a girl in the mirror My mind a broken glass Oh how I’ve come to fear her Lost some lost some something I, lost some lost some something And I I I’m afraid that it’s my mi i ind Lost some lost some something I, lost some, lost some, something And oh oh oh I know that it’s my sou o oul My love is the face of the moon My love is the sun My love is a sword outstretched My love she’s a loaded gun I’ll be true to my I’ll be true to my Lo o o ove I’ll be true to my I’ll be true to my Lo o o ove If my love will be true to me If my love will be true to me I am the madman And I am a prophet I am the end of the world Then again the beginning of it Lost some lost some something I, lost some lost some something (I’ll be true to my, I’ll be true to my) And I I I’m afraid that it’s my mi i ind (Lo o o ove) Lost some lost some something I, lost some, lost some, something (if my love will be true to me) And oh oh oh I know that it’s my sou o oul (if my love will be true to me) My love is a wildfire My love is a chain But my love, I cannot be bound For my love, I’m the rain My love will you let me go gently My love will you forsake my name My love please forgive and forget me My love for I cannot be saved My love will you let me go gently (Lost some lost some something I, lost some lost some something) My love will you forsake my name (And I I I’m afraid that it’s my mi i ind) My love please forgive and forget me (Lost some lost some something I, lost some, lost some, something) My love for I cannot be saved (And oh oh oh I know that it’s my sou o oul) My love will you let me go gently (Lost some lost some something I, lost some lost some something (I’ll be true to my, I’ll be true to my) ) My love will you forsake my name (And I I I’m afraid that it’s my mi i ind (Lo o o ove) ) My love please forgive and forget me (Lost some lost some something I, lost some, lost some, something (I’ll be true to my, I’ll be true to my)) My love for I cannot be saved (And oh oh oh I know that it’s my sou o oul (Lo o o ove) My love will you let me go gently (Lost some lost some something I, lost some lost some something (I’ll be true to my, I’ll be true to my) ) My love will you forsake my name (And I I I’m afraid that it’s my mi i ind (Lo o o ove) ) My love please forgive and forget me (Lost some lost some something I, lost some, lost some, something (If my love will be true to me)) My love for I cannot be saved (And oh oh oh I know that it’s my sou o oul (If my love will be true to me) My love will you let me go gently My love will you forsake my name My love please forgive and forget me My love for I cannot be saved Would you still come with me if you knew where I’d been? Would you still say you love me if you knew the state I’m in? Lost some, lost some, something in the woods somewhere Lost some, lost some, something in the woods somewhere

Where I lay my chest comes unfolded and unfurled And there the bottom falls, down out of the world It sings to me hypnotic, thoughts pulled in and swarming About my soul the landscape transforming and transforming Traced down my back I feel the song, echoes etched in skin I ask where lies the world and where do I begin? As within color, bridges form of light The pattern wraps around me and devours my mind And I see within it, my star blazing and caged Unspooling and unspinning, I cannot hold its shape I feel myself arising, in shifting waves embraced Identically I’m sinking, In the shifting waves embraced Transcendence born of ruin, blood red pulsing through In the twisted body, mutagenic flowers bloom Endlessly dissolving the edge of sea and sky My world is surely ending, I feel it all unwind

God Is A Mouth Feel it’s echo in all other hungers Feel it burning in your flesh All things carried in the blood Pulsing in the cavern of your chest Desire renders us repulsive and divine This body. This temple. Wretched and sublime. I’m only playing god again I’m only playing god again What tenderness could you expect to find? Coming from these hands of mine How many times do I have to say this, All surgeons, all lovers, all artists are sadists. God is a scream, and a gaping silence. The love of God is violent. Repulsive and divine Wretched and sublime But you only say “See?” “My heart still beats.” The body broken open There my hands, your heart No more shall we part I promise this. Repulsive and divine Wretched and sublime This Temple, This Body This Temple, This Body This Temple, This body

Oh I’ll be true to my love If my love will be true to me Who is my love? And what is her name? Her blood stains the ground And who is to blame? My heart is an abattoir My heart has a thirst She won’t be the last, No she wasn’t my first I’ll be true to my, I’ll be true to my love I’ll be true to my, I’ll be true to my love If my love will be true to me If my love will be true to me Desire renders us Repulsive and divine Your body, my temple Wretched and sublime Tell me where your body ends And the world begins Can you point me to your view When the mirror breaks And glass permeates the skin Are you me or am I you? Or are we… Only playing god again We’re only playing god again Can you hear the angels sing You say that you love everything. What tenderness did you expect to find? Coming from these hands of my mine How many times will I have to say this All surgeons, all lovers, all artists are sadists I’ll be true to my I’ll be true to my love I’ll be true to my I’ll be true to my love Her body is a sanctuary Of blood and bone that shall not spare me When I lay down my weary head You’ll find the architect is dead Am I the one you need? My heart upon my sleeve? For you? For you? Am I a place of honor? How long, you think, before you find this? My love, my god I’m often violent I fear I know not who you are And one day you’ll cut out my- Who is my love? And what is my name? My blood stains the ground And you are to blame. But I’ll be true to my love If my love will be true to me