Black Tongue
Interlude
[Spoken]
X and Y, and X and X, and Xs and Ys and XXX
Crawling warmouthed and whoremouthed down nightmare streets
Of monolithic entropy and nail polish
Cherub-faced entities preach propaganda and game shows
From lofty LCD pulpits affixed cross-like on Mainstreet
While the Child squirms in ecstasy in the Golgotha below
The dead walk openly on the boulevards, hidden in plain view
Screaming prophecies and whistling Dixie to the oncoming headlights of indifference
The living and the half-dead tread lightly, lest they turn their heads toward them, revealing a shattered mirror where there could have been a face
All the while the silver-lipped mouths repeat: “Move along, everything is fine”
Mighty juggernaut, that you should draw so many away from the flock
Gorging on gold and plastic from the hands of those whose name is apathy
Belching out superfluous, priceless, useless baubles
Mighty juggernaut, whose name denotes his peers
Belial! Beelzebub! Tesco! Mammon! Windows Explorer: The All Seeing Eye!