A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms

The Hollow
Magdalena
Rose
Judith
Orestes
Three Libras
Sleeping Beauty
Thomas
Renholdër
Thinking Of You
Breña
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run, desire, run
this sexual being
run him like a blade
to and through the heart, no conscience
one motive
to cater to the hollow
screaming feed me here
fill me up again
temporarily pacify this hungering

so grow libido throw
dominoes of indescretion down
falling all around in cycles
in circles
constantly consuming
conquer and devour

cause it's time to bring the fire down
bridle all this indescretion
long enough to edify
and permanently fill this hollow

screaming feed me here
fill me up again
temporarily pacify

feed me here
fill me up again
temporarily pacify

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Magdalena

overcome by your
moving temple
overcome by this
holiest of altars

so pure, so rare
to witness such an earthly goddess
that i've lost my self control
beyond compelled to throw this dollar

down before your
holiest of altars

i'd sell my soul,
my self esteem,
a dollar at a time
for one chance,
one kiss,
one taste of you my magdalena

i bear witness to this place,
this prayer so long forgotten
so pure, so rare
to witness such an earthly goddess

that i'd sell my soul,
my self esteem,
a dollar at a time
for one chance,
one kiss,
one taste of you my black madonna

i'd sell my soul,
my self esteem,
a dollar at a time
for one taste,
one taste,
one taste of you my magdalena

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Rose

don't disturb the beast,
the temperamental goat, the snail
while he's feeding on the rose
stay frozen compromise what i will, i am

bend around the wind
silently blown about again
i'm treading so soft and lightly compromising my will, i am

i am, i will
so no longer will i
lay down, play dead,
play your doe

in the headlights locked down and terrified
your deer in the headlights shot down and horrified
when push comes to pull comes to shove comes to step around
this self destructive dance that never would've ended till
i rose, i roared aloud here, i will, i am

i am i will
so no longer will i
lay down play dead
play this

kneel down, gun shy,
martyr, pitiful
i rose, i roared,
i will, i am

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Judith

you're such an inspiration for ways that i will never ever choose to be
oh so many ways for me to show you how your savior has abandoned you

fuck your god - your alone in your christ
he did this - took all you had and
left you this way - still you pray, never stray, never
taste of the fruit - never thought to question why

it's not like you killed someone
it's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side
praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed
he did it all for you
he did it all for you

oh so many ways for me to show you how your dogma has abandoned you

pray to your christ, to your god - never taste of the fruit
never stray, never break, never - choke on a lie
even though he's the one - who did this to you
never thought to question why

it's not like you killed someone
it's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
talk to jesus christ as if he knows the reasons why
he did it all for you
he did it all for you

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Orestes

metaphor for a missing moment
pull me into your perfect circle
one womb
one shape
one resolve
liberate this will
to release us all

gotta cut away,
clear away,
snip away and sever this
umbilical residue
that's keeping me from killing you

and from pulling you down with me here
i can almost hear you scream

give me one more medicated peaceful moment
give me one more medicated peaceful moment
because i don't want to feel this overwhelming hostility
i don't want to feel this overwhelming hostility

gotta cut away,
clear away,
snip away and sever this
umbilical residue

gotta cut away,
clear away,
snip away and sever this
umbilical residue
that's keeping me from killing you

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3 Libras

threw you the obvious
and you flew with it on your back
a name in your recollection
down among a million same

difficult not to feel a little bit
disappointed and passed over
when i've looked right through
to see you naked but oblivious
and you don't see me

but i threw you the obvious
just to see if there's more behind the
eyes of a fallen angel
eyes of a tragedy

here i am expecting just a little bit
too much from the wounded
but i see, see through it all
see through and see you

cause i threw you the obvious to
see what occurs behind the
eyes of a fallen angel
eyes of a tragedy
oh well
oh well

apparently nothing
apparently nothing at all

you don't see me
you don't see me at all

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Sleeping Beauty

delusional
i believe i could cure it all for you dear
coax or trick or drive or
drag the demons from you
make it right for you sleeping beauty, truly thought
i could magicly heal you

far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
i'm failing miserably to rescue
sleeping beauty

truly thought i could make it right
if i kissed you one more time to
help you face the nightmare but you're
far too poison for me
such a fool to think that i could wake you from your slumber,
that i could actually heal you

sleeping beauty
poisoned and hopeless

far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to find a way to comfort you
far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
hiding from some poisoned memory

poisoned and hopeless
sleeping beauty

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Thomas

humble and helpless
learning to pray
praying for visions
to show me the way

show me the way to forgive you
allow me to let it go
allow me to be forgiven and
show me the way to let go

illuminate me i'm just praying
for you to show me where i'm to begin

reconnect to you

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Renholdër

Thinking Of You

lying all alone and restless
unable to lose this image
sleepless, unable to focus on
anything but your surrender

tuggin a rhythm to the vision that's in my head
tuggin a beat to the sight of you lying
so delighted with a new understanding
something about a little evil that makes that
unmistakeable noise i was hearing
unmistakable sound that i know so well
spent and sighing with that look in your eye
spent and sweatin with that look on your face like

sweet revelation
sweet surrender

sweet revelation
sweet surrendering
sweet revelation
sweet

thinking of you,
thinking of you,
thinking

sweet revelation
sweet surrendering
sweet revelation

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Breña

my reflection
wraps and pulls me under
healing waters to be
bathed in breña

guide me safely in
worlds i've never been to
heal me, heal me
my dear breña

vulnerable
it's all right

heal me, heal me
my dear breña

show me lonely and
show me openings to
lead me closer to you
my dear breña

vulnerable
it's all right