romans

from Papaver Somniferum EP by Stranger Killings

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Romans

Romans kiss
Then kill with hands and fingers
Slip the tongue between the teeth
With little venom stingers

[bar] Romans made the art that makes me sink

Romans conquer
And corso wanders
Romans stole god from our mouths

You studied under Romans
[bar] The art that sets my mouth to move

Romans could slip some mercy
Between my ribs
Did they know what you would do with their invention

[bar] The seat of the soul is in your mouth

Romans smashed faces into faces
And teeth made war
Then tongues forgave

[bar] But took the flaming hearts for slaves

Romans woke the dead
And made the dead
And gave us reasons
For the blood we shed

You studied under Romans
[bar] The art that makes me weak

I could never say no to Romans
And everything they taught
And all the pain they wrought upon the world

Mouths never burned till the Romans fed them fire
You drank from their forges
And now my mouth is burned
Now everything has turned into water
And our chins are dripping with the mess

You studied under Romans
[bar] And turned your tongue into a weapon
that stabbed me in the breast.

You studied under Romans
The art that put us to the lash

That sets my mouth to water
Led millions to the slaughter

And turned cities into ash

You must have studied under Romans
Because
My mouth is drunk on your mouth

And I don’t think my breath will last

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from Papaver Somniferum EP, released March 4, 2016

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