Seeing shadows cross a stained glass sky

Long before the strangers came down to steal our clothing,

And our consciences and long before,

eyes were empty, hearts were cold.

We'll watch the rattlesnakes slide

Slowly swerve into view

To tease and tantalise

To sucker your senses and spit out the pieces

Hey magazine girl, she was living in a different world

Or is it a he?

Pull back the curtain my son

I look around, the colour has gone

And slowly darkness descends upon me

Paradiso, I know you lied, that much I see



Well the serpent sings his song,

To so many sleeping staring eyes

Like sheep they sing along

And clap in time to a heart that's beating

Crazy child, she was wicked, oh she was wild, her eyes are open

Pull back the curtain today

I look around, the colour is grey

Grey as the ghost town that towers above me

Paradiso, I know you lied, that much is clear, to me



I see the poet and the fool

Walking hand in hand to school

I recall a lonely outcast and I remember,

Laughing children, it was long before,

Their eyes were empty, hearts were cold.



So dance this final dance with me

I'll wrap my sting round your spine

Will poison wash away the fear, wipe the world from my mind?

Look up, what can you do?

I looked around the colour was blue

Wise up! It's in your head

I looked around me and the colour is red

Red as the words that I read on the wall

Paradiso, kingdoms rise, so must they fall

And only ashes remain in the end

Paradiso, I know you lied, lies without end

I'll see it again and again and again.