Gabriel Ratchet

One by One the angels fell
 God had sent a horrible plague of deaths
 Why do you think that God would do a thing like that?
 Deca presents a new world of sound
 Back chasing dreams here we go again
 Run'em down with bloodhounds and dobermans
 I'm at the mercy of the blowin' wind
 It's all open ended like
 Everything in life 'till your soul ascends
 From madmartigen
 To sad harlequin
 To black hearted kin
 Flashbacks bar to chems
 Cardinal sins hypodermics in the garbage bin
 Marked men follow when the saints go marching in
 Dreams crack then fade into memory
 My Pops said that we share the same brain chemistry
 That's where I get my appetite for self destruction
 I need balance I need help adjusting
 But one day I'll awaken to state of grace
 Quit making the same mistake
 Of abating the pains and aches
 Maintain a creative space
 Get loose with the papermate
 I've been waiting for day to break
 The future is taking shape
 Remember that language is power
 I will, I will. I'll remember that
 Lone steppenwolf offer no apologies
 Until their brains snap open
 God said
 We'd be in trouble if we ate that fruit
 Nameless soldier
 Trying to get over
 No peace
 Show teeth hold a grudge
 Find another soul to judge
 No peace only blood
 Nameless soldier
 Exile driven out
 Sinner drifting on a cloud
 Wild child in a crowd
 No peace
 No peace only blood
 Don't sleep show me love
 Only blood
 I chased dragons now I'm chasing the dream
 They're both mythic
 One's a ball and chain the other's the soul's image
 Restrained manical child so afraid
 Like somebody's trying to tear the wings out of my shoulder blades
 The whole wide world's obsessed with the false legend
 You gotta go through hell to get to heaven
 Me I know the beast well
 He's hiding in the flowers and the details
 Enjoys long walks on the beach and collecting seashells
 Recording live from the belly of the beached whale
 East of eden where the fallen angels and the meek dwell
 Where love's the color of blood an pure devotion
 And cascades pools on the ground and forms a notion
 Deca the bard the penman, deadpan
 Solitary dreamer, watch the vision expand
 There's no time for dogma an genuflection
 The future is taking shape
 Lessons in free expression
 Remember that language is power
 I will, I will. I'll remember that
 Where do we come from, who are we
 And where are we going
 Eternal questions never answered
 God said
 We'd be in trouble if we ate that fruit
 Nameless soldier
 Trying to get over
 No peace
 Show teeth hold a grudge
 Find another soul to judge
 No peace only blood
 Nameless soldier
 Exile driven out
 Center drifting on a cloud
 Wild child in a crowd
 No peace
 No peace only blood
 Don't sleep show me love
 Only blood