Songtexte The Bible and the Breathalyzer - The Mars Volta
                                                Among 
                                                the 
                                                tattered 
                                                dwelling 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                new 
                                                found 
                                                home, 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                furthest 
                                                cramped 
                                                corner 
                                                sat 
                                                the 
                                                shell 
                                                of 
                                                    a 
                                                goat 
                                                head 
                                                strangled 
                                                in 
                                                copper 
                                                wire, 
                                                scraped 
                                                of 
                                                its 
                                                insides, 
                                                unwashed 
                                                behind 
                                                the 
                                                ears, 
                                                fueling 
                                                the 
                                                crooked 
                                                names 
                                                spoken 
                                                by 
                                                leeches.
 
                                    
                                
                                                To 
                                                    a 
                                                thinning 
                                                cowlick′s 
                                                fat 
                                                his 
                                                crippled 
                                                limp, 
                                                dragging 
                                                along 
                                                the 
                                                hump 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                floor. 
                                                Sobbing 
                                                from 
                                                the 
                                                smacking 
                                                mouth 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                demagogue 
                                                wells, 
                                                making 
                                                wisecracks, 
                                                spilling 
                                                from 
                                                the 
                                                corners 
                                                with 
                                                their 
                                                pink 
                                                flinches, 
                                                second 
                                                glancing 
                                                their 
                                                every 
                                                move.
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                ate 
                                                pickled 
                                                nose 
                                                cartilage 
                                                that 
                                                fell 
                                                from 
                                                the 
                                                ceilings, 
                                                    a 
                                                pork 
                                                skin 
                                                drizzle 
                                                unnerving 
                                                the 
                                                humans, 
                                                while 
                                                it 
                                                read 
                                                aloud 
                                                from 
                                                its 
                                                favorite 
                                                books, 
                                                in 
                                                glossolalia 
                                                slang 
                                                and 
                                                haruspex 
                                                truths, 
                                                following 
                                                    a 
                                                slow 
                                                and 
                                                patient 
                                                wait, 
                                                    a 
                                                mocking 
                                                their 
                                                hair 
                                                as 
                                                it 
                                                was 
                                                glued 
                                                to 
                                                their 
                                                upper 
                                                lip 
                                                combover.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Under 
                                                the 
                                                wall, 
                                                the 
                                                ships 
                                                smeared 
                                                by 
                                                faithfully 
                                                talking 
                                                the 
                                                magnum 
                                                fanatics 
                                                and 
                                                their 
                                                bottles 
                                                of 
                                                scalp 
                                                soup.
 
                                    
                                
                                                They 
                                                cooked 
                                                up 
                                                    a 
                                                tardis 
                                                smudge 
                                                on 
                                                their 
                                                eyes, 
                                                    a 
                                                lunar 
                                                antidote 
                                                that 
                                                powdered 
                                                underneath 
                                                the 
                                                oncoming 
                                                pestilence 
                                                of 
                                                their 
                                                idling 
                                                fingers.
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                wrote 
                                                them 
                                                    a 
                                                seance, 
                                                penetrated 
                                                their 
                                                every 
                                                dependent 
                                                desire.
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                hacked 
                                                off 
                                                the 
                                                central 
                                                headpiece 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                collective.
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                wrote 
                                                them 
                                                    a 
                                                message 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                marrow 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                knife, 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                extension 
                                                of 
                                                Baphomet* 
                                                transfusion.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Glued 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                animals, 
                                                perversions 
                                                of 
                                                their 
                                                former 
                                                selves, 
                                                patiently 
                                                biting 
                                                their 
                                                fingernails 
                                                looking 
                                                for 
                                                    a 
                                                clue.
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                soon 
                                                as 
                                                it 
                                                failed 
                                                to 
                                                appear, 
                                                the 
                                                faithful 
                                                fell 
                                                under 
                                                the 
                                                spell 
                                                of 
                                                public 
                                                execution.
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                had 
                                                been 
                                                an 
                                                eternity 
                                                filled 
                                                with 
                                                useless 
                                                ritual, 
                                                and 
                                                all 
                                                for 
                                                nothing, 
                                                promising 
                                                salvation, 
                                                but 
                                                only 
                                                flags 
                                                came 
                                                swarming 
                                                around 
                                                for 
                                                    a 
                                                better 
                                                taste.
 
                                    
                                
                                                What 
                                                was 
                                                left 
                                                were 
                                                the 
                                                scraps, 
                                                dressed 
                                                in 
                                                animal 
                                                skin, 
                                                defiled 
                                                servants 
                                                holding 
                                                their 
                                                breath, 
                                                fatherless 
                                                culprits 
                                                blaming 
                                                their 
                                                kin, 
                                                waiting 
                                                for 
                                                an 
                                                answer.
 
                                    
                                
                                                They 
                                                thought 
                                                    a 
                                                day 
                                                would 
                                                come, 
                                                or 
                                                    a 
                                                giraffe 
                                                might 
                                                choke 
                                                in 
                                                midair 
                                                squeal, 
                                                some 
                                                sort 
                                                of 
                                                indication.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Only 
                                                it 
                                                was 
                                                the 
                                                hands 
                                                of 
                                                the 
                                                followers 
                                                that 
                                                had 
                                                left 
                                                their 
                                                markings 
                                                in 
                                                neatly 
                                                packed 
                                                dunes 
                                                filled 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                decapitated 
                                                remains, 
                                                found 
                                                sealed 
                                                in 
                                                sand.
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                only 
                                                stained 
                                                the 
                                                conscious 
                                                for 
                                                    a 
                                                brief 
                                                moment, 
                                                then 
                                                came 
                                                disgust.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Realizing 
                                                there 
                                                was 
                                                nothing 
                                                to 
                                                it, 
                                                people 
                                                began 
                                                collapsing 
                                                in 
                                                collective 
                                                states 
                                                of 
                                                drought.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Palm-size 
                                                vents 
                                                heating 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                chest, 
                                                cluttering 
                                                the 
                                                graph, 
                                                    a 
                                                bladder 
                                                full 
                                                of 
                                                remains.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Nothing 
                                                became 
                                                of 
                                                them 
                                                because 
                                                nothing 
                                                was 
                                                the 
                                                reason, 
                                                an 
                                                apathetic 
                                                display 
                                                dripping 
                                                into 
                                                vats 
                                                of 
                                                obesity.
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                feud 
                                                had 
                                                been 
                                                sucking 
                                                teeth 
                                                for 
                                                some 
                                                time 
                                                now, 
                                                but 
                                                the 
                                                only 
                                                baggage 
                                                that 
                                                paraded 
                                                about 
                                                was 
                                                the 
                                                curtain 
                                                epidermis 
                                                unfolded 
                                                in 
                                                an 
                                                inebriated 
                                                suit.
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                fit 
                                                came 
                                                suffocating, 
                                                feathering 
                                                the 
                                                boa-constricted 
                                                paleness, 
                                                frostbitten, 
                                                and 
                                                shovel-faced.
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                came 
                                                before 
                                                them 
                                                in 
                                                utter 
                                                confidence, 
                                                flares 
                                                of 
                                                pink 
                                                owls 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                nest 
                                                of 
                                                albino 
                                                eyelids 
                                                blinking 
                                                out 
                                                chemical 
                                                obscurities 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                blind.
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                bloomed 
                                                into 
                                                    a 
                                                hemorrhaged 
                                                contraption 
                                                that 
                                                impopulated 
                                                the 
                                                disenchanted, 
                                                one 
                                                by 
                                                one.
 
                                    
                                
                                                All 
                                                the 
                                                churches 
                                                were 
                                                converted 
                                                into 
                                                quarantine 
                                                facilities, 
                                                inside 
                                                them 
                                                grew 
                                                bacterial 
                                                stubble 
                                                compacted 
                                                by 
                                                larvae, 
                                                contracting 
                                                and 
                                                teething.
 
                                    
                                
                                                    A 
                                                newborn 
                                                litter 
                                                degradively 
                                                sufficient, 
                                                running 
                                                from 
                                                the 
                                                horse 
                                                collarbone, 
                                                amongst 
                                                the 
                                                murmuring 
                                                femurs 
                                                whimpering 
                                                in 
                                                fractures.
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Are 
                                                you 
                                                the 
                                                Polaroid 
                                                shot 
                                                you 
                                                thought 
                                                you 
                                                were?", 
                                                it 
                                                said 
                                                with 
                                                    a 
                                                coy 
                                                smirk.
 
                                    
                                
                                                With 
                                                the 
                                                position 
                                                now 
                                                vacant, 
                                                it 
                                                waltzed 
                                                right 
                                                in 
                                                and 
                                                made 
                                                itself 
                                                at 
                                                home.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Seduced 
                                                by 
                                                the 
                                                empty 
                                                nominations 
                                                at 
                                                the 
                                                altar 
                                                of 
                                                broken 
                                                ballot 
                                                boxes, 
                                                closer 
                                                to 
                                                that 
                                                nothingness 
                                                that 
                                                everyone 
                                                seemed 
                                                to 
                                                embrace.
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                it 
                                                pissed 
                                                all 
                                                over 
                                                them, 
                                                the 
                                                sigh 
                                                of 
                                                relief 
                                                steamed 
                                                off 
                                                the 
                                                soaking 
                                                depressants, 
                                                an 
                                                impending 
                                                sleep 
                                                was 
                                                on 
                                                its 
                                                way.
 
                                    
                                 
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