Swallow The World

Why did you wake me up? Last night I saw the ghosts standing in line To sell out their souls at the drop of a dime And they carried their bodies with murmuring scorn As they gritted their teeth and they sharpened their horns Bathed in the pink glow they hissed at the light Puncturing skin while asserting their right To discharge the vile venom they rush to recite And shove guns in their grinning mouths biting down wide Mercy make haste, lest I swallow the world From the glass in the soil to the hymns of the birds I've lingered for centuries silent but known To erupt under bridges the moment they burn Mercy make haste, lest I smolder it all For I'm seething with longing to smelt fangs and claws Speak to me, skin first, then flesh, then the bones And plead Mercy make haste, lest I Mercy makes haste, lest I Monochrome rainbows painted in fear Your world is a new place, but I have been here For so long I remember the circles unfold As my blaze ached to break at the break of the dawn The second I taste you, I'll savor your awe As you squirm, little vermin in scope of my jaws Now speak to me, cherished: What's plaguing you more The disclosure of love or exposure of flaws? Bite down wide now Bite down wide now Bite down wide now Bite down wide Bite down wide