The Mars Volta - In Absentia

there was once a boy with knives stuck in his voice
all he wanted
all he wanted was a little affection
until one day he caved into his mother’s taste
all she wanted
all she wanted was to spread her infection

he spins her spindle weaving fuse
burning fumes of lucid youth to mend
her broken flesh

THEY’VE STOLEN ALL MY LOVE
BURIED IN ABSENTIA ROSE
CAN YOU HEAR MY VITREOUS HEART
BREAKING IN ABSENTIA ROSE
SMOKE STACK BURNING
EIDOLON TURNING
I WON’T EVER LET YOU GO
THEY’VE STOLEN ALL MY LOVE
YES THEY’VE STOLEN ALL MY LOVE

he brings her the bait
she makes him her pet
does he want some
does he want a little insurrection
with oneiric gaze
in somatic days
ocular incision tell me i’m the reason I just gotta get outta here

he spins her spindle weaving fuse
burning fumes of lucid youth to mend her useless flesh

THEY’VE STOLEN ALL MY LOVE
BURIED IN ABSENTIA ROSE
CAN YOU HEAR MY VITREOUS HEART
BREAKING IN ABSENTIA ROSE
SMOKE STACK BURNING
EIDOLON TURNING
BUT I WON’T EVER LET YOU GO
THEY’VE STOLEN ALL MY LOVE
YES THEY’VE STOLEN ALL MY LOVE

taken by the night
divagate remembrance
check the puzzle does it fit?
I am alpha and omega
And on the seventh day I rise
Past the pangs of my resistance
when the son gives up his throne what becomes of this theft

DASEHRA MAKE THESE SHACKLES GO AWAY
DASEHRA MAKE THESE SHACKLES GO AWAY
WON’T YOU HELP ME STAND MY GROUND IF I SHOULD FALL

as long as I am injured
as long as I remember