Where The River Ends

(intro)
 come
 with me
 i will let you see with my words
 i will let you burn & observe
 but where i go
 you can only follow
 so close your eyes
 open your mind
 ...and see
 (v.1)
 somewhere
 out in the dark
 a car pulls up
 & parks
 & the passenger
 shifts nervously in her seat
 & butterflies
 flutter in her belly
 & the driver
 shuts off the engine
 & moves a little close
 she giggles a little
 as he unbuttons her blouse
 she pushes him away
 & he whispers,
 "aw baby don't be that way.
 i took you out, i treated you tight.
 now, don't put up a fight.
 come on.
 i only want to put the tip in.
 don't fight, don't fight, come on.
 this is all your fault you know.
 just relax, let me do what i gotta do
 & i'll let you go.
 Don't you love me?
 Don't you love me?
 Breathe in deep
 a sea of desperate dreams
 I have no mouth
 & I must scream
 Breathe in deep
 a sea of desperate dreams
 I have no mouth...
 (v.2)
 and somewhere
 in a normal neighborhood
 in a normal house
 a normal family
 is falling apart
 and down the hall
 the little ones hide
 frozen as fossils
 as their mother cries
 listening
 now that the others have gone silent
 the walls blister
 as sister rises in defiance
 here
 in the depths of the labyrinth
 she will make her mark
 she travels the cavern
 searching for the Minotaur
 & she finds him
 asleep in the heat
 of his triumphs
 a sparkle of flame
 flickers in her eye
 she nudges him softly
 and says "Daddy, wanna give me a try?"
 and he rumbles & roar,
 "You must lick honey from a thorn
 if you are to survive this night"
 and she says, " no, i'd rather pick a fight."
 and he reaches out and she's on the attack
 and he's face down and she straddles his back
 and as the moonlight fades from his eyes
 she sighs,
 "come on, what's the matter?"
 don't you love me?
 don't YOU love me?
 DON'T YOU LOVE ME?
 Breathe in deep
 a sea of desperate dreams
 I have no mouth
 & I must scream
 Breathe in deep
 a sea of desperate dreams
 I have no mouth AND I MUST SCREAM!
 (bridge)
 what we are
 you too will become
 liberated children
 of a bloody-hungry god
 sedition!
 They used to HANG women like me,
 strange fruit on the poplar tree!
 They used to OWN women like me,
 necessary accessories!
 They used to BURN women like me.
 to quell the fires of liberty
 In the blessed fertile crescent,
 THEY STILL STONE WOMEN LIKE ME!
 and one day you will say
 just look at her now!
 ...and as everything fades to black
 ...and as the jackals laugh in the aftermath
 i'm not yours anymore