Do you recall it's name As it suggested beck and call This face and heel Will drag your halo through the mud Ash of Pompeii Erupted in a statue's dust Shrouded in veils Because these handcuffs hurt too much Still scalping this ticketless applause And when they drag the lake There's nothing left at all Sutured contusion Beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague Said, "I've lost my way" Even if this cul-de-sac would pay To reach inside a vault Whatever be the cost Sterling-clear blackened-ice And when they drag the lake There's nothing left at all I've defected I've defected I've defected I've defected Sutured contusion Beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague Said, "I've lost my way" Even if this cul-de-sac would pay To reach inside a vault Whatever be the cost Sterling-clear blackened-ice And when they drag the lake There's nothing left at all I've defected I've defected I've defected I've defected Beyond the anthills of the dawning of this plague Said, "I've lost my way" Even if this cul-de-sac did pay Beyond the anthills of Beyond the anthills of Said, "I've lost my way" Even if you Even if you Even if you Who reached inside a vault Whatever be the cost Sterling-clear Blackened-ice And when they drag the lake There's nothing left at all I've defected I've defected I've defected I've defected

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