Buccaneers - Paul Roland

Three stone steps lead down into heaven

Three stone steps to the Opium Den

Ecstasy waits coiled like a snake

Draw from the hookah and the serpent will awake

In the palm of a young peer prostrate upon cushions

A phial of liquid-fluorescent solution

Ecstasy waits coiled like a snake

Draw from the hookah and the serpent will awake

Caressing a carved pipe with long bony fingers

Delirium blossoms in cool vivid colours

Ecstasy waits coiled like a snake

Draw from the hookah and the serpent will awake

Three stone steps lead down into heaven

Three stone steps to the Opium Den

Ecstasy waits coiled like a snake

Draw from the hookah and the serpent will awake