Bite your tongue V Fm E Am E Am Fm

stare into their eyes and bite your tongue Ch E
slow your heart B
test your skin G
will it bite back? D 2
A 3 2 know the code of your blood E 3
unmake the men in your sight
you are even more alone when you are not alone

defy with every finger
spit blood in open mouths
stand where they stand
and bite your tongue
till blood wells up

You must smile
it must be red
count yourself among the dead
arrest your hands and pray for murder
towers rose and mountains bled
count yourself among the dead

stare into their eyes and bite your tongue
the stars inverse return
the heath and heather burn
your teeth will break the stones
your blood is code scratched on
soft lead bones

read your body
your rorschach of scars
your blood hearse
your tarot of nerves
with all your cards reversed


mountains rose and towers bled
count yourself among the dead
arrest your heart, shout prayers of red
and count yourself among the dead




stare into their eyes and bite your tongue
and cover your wounds with flies
open your bible of bricks
and your crossed eyes

bare up your cards
and your nerves
your divinations
and offer them to the god of your mouth

slash your smile , running red
count yourself among the dead
arrest your heart, and murder prayers
trap yourself in deadly snares
mountains mock, towers of lead
count yourself among the dead
pull the rope around your throat
burn the words that you wrote
slash your prayers, running lead
count yourself among the dead