Phoenix Bird

You've got a lot of nerve to be playin' with her

As I kiss the molted feathers of the phoenix bird

In a word, I'm absurd, like cocaine with a smile

Fastidiousness is a trip, though, every once in a while

Now you wish for a world all coated in black,

But the skin that you're in's not suited for the task

Keep beating your brow and chomping your chops,

I'm a full stone's throw away from forgetting it all

All the hate in the world couldn't shatter my bones

Your impulsion to please is what got you disowned

Don't you spy the disease? It's intent is to squeeze

Out some careless calamities, soon we will see

Now we're dining with dishes all spotted with rot,

But you laugh with the archer, who's aiming his shot

Such a perilous world when the gleam of a pearl

Is so quickly and thoroughly dulled in the dirt

Your infections evoke such a terrible thought;

If you so need to tease, then try not to get caught

With a mouth filled with mud and a body of bone

You bemoan your past actions to me on the phone

I care little, you might find

I've found a little peace of mind

And now your sinister designs

Cannot corrupt this mind of mine

The world is twisted out of place

Our lives are less than shades of gray

While I procure my proper place,

You ratify your fall from grace

I have no care to bear your stay