Drunkship Of Lanterns

by The Mars Volta

From the album: De-Loused in the Comatorium

Duration: 7:06

De-Loused in the Comatorium cover art

Lyrics for Drunkship Of Lanterns

You've got the lot to burn A shelf of pig-smothered cries Is there a spirit that spits Upon the exit of signs Is anybody there (standing around) These steps keep on growing long (straight as an arrow) Bayonet trials rust propellers await No Nobody is heard Rowing sheep smiles for the dead Nobody is heard An antiquated home Afloat with engines on mute Sui generis ship spined around the yard Is anybody there (standing around) These craft only multiply (straight as an arrow) At the nape of ruins rust propellers await No Nobody is heard, compass wilting in the wind Nobody is heard Rowing sheep smile for the dead Transoceanic depth in this earth In the cenotaph Lash of one thousand eye brows clicking Counting the toll Counting the toll You've got the lot to burn A shelf of pig-smothered cries Is there a spirit that spitsupon the exit of signs Is anybody there (standing around) These steps keep on growing long (straight as an arrow) Bayonet trials rust propellers await No Nobody is heard, compass wilting in the wind Nobody is heard, rowing sheep smile for the dead Transoceanic depth in this earth in this cenotaph Carpal jets Hit the ground Carpal jets Hit the ground Carpal jets Hit the ground Carpal jets Hit the ground Lash of one thousand eyebrows clicking Counting the toll Counting the toll Lash of one thousand eyebrows clicking Counting the toll Counting the toll

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