Lyrics

Did you know that a face could cost
A patrimonial purple mountain majesty
Immolation of an affianced
And a sisterly mother whose love was so sweet?
Yes, the face lingered on until it clung to my spine
And when I looked in the mirror I could swear it was mine
And its silent command brought me such strange delight
That it turned day forever to night

Try to sleep when the walls, they weep, like water from a rock
Rock-strewn shores on which you’re gored by heeding siren songs
Songs of woe chill your marrow until you can’t resist
Resisting you curse the sky, love knows no alibi now

Swear that you’ll meet me beneath the Memnon Stone, we’ll crawl on all fours tonight
Envelop me beneath your raven hair until I can’t see the moonlight
O, Isabel!
I fear that Scylla and Charybdis is our plight
And I’ve never felt so ill but feeling ill has never felt so right

Did you know that a shriek could maul
As a Delphic dart daggers the will of the free
Trembling through ancestral halls
And turning Mount of the Titans upside down on me?
Yes, the shriek lingered on until it wormed through my brain
All throughout these fair meadows I heard its refrain
And its fateful command brought me such strange delight
That it turned day forever to night

Try to speak when the will runs weak and cat has gone your tongue
Tongues of flame come feed your shame until the itch is scratched
Scratching at the snicker snack of sounds that pierce your soul
You’re solely responsible, love knows no obstacle now

Swear that you’ll meet me beneath the Memnon Stone, we’ll crawl on all fours tonight
Envelop me beneath your raven hair until I can’t see the moonlight
O, Isabel!
I fear that Scylla and Charybdis is our plight
And I’ve never felt so ill but feeling ill has never felt so right