Friday, September 14, 2007

The Emperor Jones

Kiss me Judas cause I'm lonesome
Cover me Mary cause I'm proud .
I shall make love to virgin angels
I shall burn in heaven's limelight
I'll mess with you and take you home.

If you obey Luke, I'm your father,
Icarus is my firstborn son.
Let's leave Orpheus down the gutter,
his love was no more true than strong.

Emperors wear our crimson garments
the black flag is raised in our backyard
the winds we whipped will ebb out slowly
their dying breath's a wicked howl

On the gallow ground we spot our bowels
the faceless man will take me home
and a pointed voice demands so calmly
"Do you get depressed a lot?" - the grim reaper is counting bones.