Love, just don't stare

He used to say to me

every Sunday morning

The spider in the window

The angel in the pool

The old man takes the poison

Now the widdow makes the rules

So speak. I'm right here

She used to say to me

not a word, not a word

Judas on the ceiling

the Devil in my bed

I guess Easter's never coming

So I'll just wait inside my head

Like a scream but sort of silent

living off my nightmares

Voices repeating me

Feeling threatened?

We reflect your hopes and fears.

Other voices discussing me

Others steal your thoughts

they're not confined

within your mind.

Thought disorder

Dream control

Now they read my mind on the radio

But where is the Garden of Eden?

I feel elated

I feel depressed

Sex is death. Death is sex

Says it right here on my crucifix

Like a scream but sort of silent

living off my nightmares

Voices protecting me

Good behavior

brings the savior

to his knees.

Voices rejecting me

Others steal your thoughts

they're not confined

to your mind.

I'm kneeling on the floor

staring at the wall

like a spider in the window

I wish that I could speak

Is there fantasy in refuge?

God in politicians?

Should I turn to my religion?

These demons in my head tell me to

I'm lying here in bed

Swear my skin is inside out

Just another Sunday morning

Seen my diary on the newsstand

Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand

It's a shame no one is praying

'Cause these voices in my head

keep sayin...

Love, just don't stare.

Reveal the Word when you're

supposed to

Withdrawn and introverted

Infectiously perverted

Being laughed at and confused

keeps us pleasantly amused

enough to stay.

Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting

Twentieth century icon bleeding

Willing to risk Salvation

to escape from isolation

I'm witness to redemption

heard you speak but never listened

Can you rid me of my secrets?

Deliver us from Darkness?

Voices repeating me

Feeling threatened?

We reflect your hopes and fears.

Voices discussing me

Don't expect your own Messiah

This neverworld which you desire

is only in your mind.