Where The River Ends - Otep

Come

With me

I will let you see with my words

I will let you burn & observe

But where i go

You can only follow

So close your eyes

Open your mind

…and see

Somewhere

Out in the dark

A car pulls up

& parks

& the passenger

Shifts nervously in her seat

& butterflies

Flutter in her belly

& the driver

Shuts off the engine

& moves a little close

She giggles a little

As he unbuttons her blouse

She pushes him away

& he whispers

«aw baby don’t be that way

I took you out, i treated you tight

Now, don’t put up a fight

Come on

I only want to put the tip in

Don’t fight, don’t fight, come on

This is all your fault you know

Just relax, let me do what i gotta do

& i’ll let you go

Don’t you love me?

Don’t you love me?

Breathe in deep

A sea of desperate dreams

I have no mouth

& I must scream

Breathe in deep

A sea of desperate dreams

I have no mouth…

And somewhere

In a normal neighborhood

In a normal house

A normal family

Is falling apart

And down the hall

The little ones hide

Frozen as fossils

As their mother cries

Listening

Now that the others have gone silent

The walls blister

As sister rises in defiance

Here

In the depths of the labyrinth

She will make her mark

She travels the cavern

Searching for the Minotaur

& she finds him

Asleep in the heat

Of his triumphs

A sparkle of flame

Flickers in her eye

She nudges him softly

And says «Daddy, wanna give me a try?»

And he rumbles & roar

«You must lick honey from a thorn

If you are to survive this night»

And she says, «no, i’d rather pick a fight.»

And he reaches out and she’s on the attack

And he’s face down and she straddles his back

And as the moonlight fades from his eyes

She sighs

«come on, what’s the matter?»

Don’t you love me?

Don’t YOU love me?

DON’T YOU LOVE ME?

Breathe in deep

A sea of desperate dreams

I have no mouth

& I must scream

Breathe in deep

A sea of desperate dreams

I have no mouth AND I MUST SCREAM!

(bridge)

What we are

You too will become

Liberated children

Of a bloody-hungry god

Sedition!

They used to HANG women like me

Strange fruit on the poplar tree!

They used to OWN women like me

Necessary accessories!

They used to BURN women like me

To quell the fires of liberty

In the blessed fertile crescent

THEY STILL STONE WOMEN LIKE ME!

And one day you will say

Just look at her now!

…and as everything fades to black

…and as the jackals laugh in the aftermath

I’m not yours anymore