Overneath the Path of Misery
"And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and gets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by and idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing."
Stare into my Kodak RomeJack-Hammer ice eyesI never thought you’d see the asphaltCrack, crack, crack like a black eggshell
Don’t ever say I never warned you from the startDon’t ever say I never warned you from the startYou’re not a shovel and I’m not your dirt
Is there any way to unswallow my prideCan I fuck myself downWhile I die you can kill the fatherDAD is missing an E
No Macbeth confessed Oedipusno longer present tenseNo Macbeth confessed OedipusNo longer present tense
No, no, no, no, no reasonNo, no, no, no, no reasonNo, no, no, noNo reason
High and overneathHigh and overneath
I won’t regret letting you liveEven if you forgot what you never saved me fromSo I say 'whatever' or for never
For, for, for, for fallen for neverFor, for, for, for fallen for neverFor, for, for, for fallen for neverWhatever
The rape of Persephone was coreographed by all the wrong GreeksThe rape of Persephone was a marketing schemeRape, rape, rape PersephoneRape, rape, rape PersephoneRape, rape, rape PersephoneRape, rape, rape Persephone
High and overneathHigh and overneath
OverneathOverneathOverblownUnbelovedCannot be lowOverneathOverneathOverblownUnbelovedCannot be low
From the top of my lungsTo the bottom of my heartI screamAt the chasm in betweenAnd the path of miseryFrom the top of my lungsTo the bottom of my heartI screamAt the chasm in betweenAnd the path of misery
High and overneathHigh and overneath
No, no, no, no, no reasonNo, no, no, no, no reasonNo, no, no, noNo reason