The Blue Mask

They tied his arms behind his back
 To teach him how to swim
 They put blood in his coffee
 And milk in his gin
 They stood over the soldier
 In the midst of the squalor
 There was war in his body
 And it caused his brain to holler
 Make the sacrifice
 Mutilate my face
 If you need someone to kill
 I'm a man without a will
 Wash the razor in the rain
 Let me luxuriate in pain
 Please don't set me free
 Death means a lot to me
 The pain was lean and it made him scream
 He knew he was alive
 He put a pin through the nipples on his chest
 He thought he was a saint
 I've made love to my mother, killed my father and brother
 What am I to do?
 When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car
 It cannot be controlled
 Spit upon his face and scream
 There's no Oedipus today
 This is no play you're thinking you are in
 What will you say?
 Take the blue mask down from my face
 And look me in the eye
 I get a thrill from punishment
 I've always been that way
 I loathe and despise repentance
 You are permanently stained
 Your weakness buys indifference
 And indiscretion in the streets
 Dirty's what you are and clean is what you're not
 You deserve to be soundly beat
 Make the sacrifice
 Take it all the way
 There's no "won't" high enough
 To stop this desperate day
 Don't take death away
 Cut the finger at the joint
 Cut the stallion at his mount
 And stuff it in his mouth