Shrapnel Songtext
von Chris Knox

Caressed and understood
The mesh of steel and wood
The length and breadth of eye to eye
Oh dull and senseless pain
The shifting weathervane
That maps my outrage on the sky

I′m gonna rave, I'm gonna scream
I′m gonna shove your worldly schemes
Until you choke on what you think I wanna hear
I'm gonna push, I'm gonna shove
I′m gonna fuck your god above
Till you explode in shrapnelled flesh and disappear

Undressed, exuding good
For years and years I stood
In front of walls I call my own
Oh bowl of tender grain
The mesh through which you drain
And drip relentlessly, softened stone


I′m gonna cry, I'm gonna feel
I′m gonna make my senses reel
Until I lose the map I made of who am I
I'm gonna fly, I′m gonna rage
I'm gonna split my sides and stage
The greatest show on Earth and leave you satisfied
I′m gonna crack, I'm gonna break
I'm gonna rip the spinal snake
Out of the bag of meat I′ve come to feel is mine
I′m gonna rend, I'm gonna tear
I′m gonna splatter everywhere
And mash and drink myself like sacramental wine

I lay me down to sleep
The Lord my soul to keep
In good condition and repair

I'm gonna reel, I′m gonna rock
I'm gonna liquefy the clock
That ticks the minutes of my life into a hole
I′m gonna ride, I'm gonna fly
I'm gonna steal the day I die
And hide it somewhere out of your benign control
I′m gonna lash, I′m gonna roar
I'm gonna batter down the door
That you hide behind in shelter and in vain
I′m gonna crush, I'm gonna kill
I′m gonna smash and shatter till
There's nothing left to call inhuman or insane