Masque

The Mission Masque Lyrics
1.Never Again

It's never been like this
I've never felt like this before

And it was just around sunrise when you crept out the door
Left me ragged and worn but left me,
Left me wanting more, more, more
Let's do this all again
Let's do it all again
Let's do this all again, do it all again sometime

And do you remember paris in the rain?
And it looks just like christmas
But that's come and gone again
And the wild cats roaming in among the tombs and graves
And the flickering white meon of cross and 'jesus saves'
And the headlights like fires and the crowds in the streets
Children dressed in rags begging at our feet
And we crawled back to our room
With our heads spinning 'round
And we just lay in the dark
And didn't dare make a sound
And a sorrow soft as whispers stole into our hearts
Lay down between us and pushed us apart
And do you remember the silence scorched with pain?
A burning regret, let's never do this again
Never again


2.Shades Of Green(Part 2)

I'm lying in the dark listening to the rain
Reminds of you and makes me me sad all over again
Your measured swoons and sighs
Your hand me down whispered alibis

And it's easy to forgive but it's so hard, so hard to forget
And it's easy to see how deceit, deceit becomes regret
I can see now we're apart
How your mind played tricks on my heart

I never knew that you were untrue
There's so many shades of green
And i never believed that you would ever deceive
There's so many shades of green, so many shades of green

So sleep with your snakes and enjoy their viper's kiss
I want you know there's nothing about that i miss
I don't wish you any pain
But i don't ever want to see you again

So just shut your mouth
I've heard it all before
Shut it, just shut it
I don't wanna hear any more

I never knew that you were untrue
There's so many shades of green
And i never believed that you would ever deceive
There's so many shades of green
And you never knew that i was also untrue
There's so many shades of green
And you never believed that i could ever deceive
There's so many shades
So many shades of green


3.Ever May You Shine

Sone crazy holy roller trying to sell you jesus
Trying to sell you helter skelter
He sells you genocide, he sells you kingdom come
Now watch the little piggies run for shelter
Cease to exist, just come and say you love me

Welcome to the family, meet sadie and gypsy
They'll creepy crawly under your skin
And every time a bell tolls, and you've blood on your hands
An angel, an angel gets her wings
Cease to exist, just come and say you love me

And you had jesus until i came along
So come and join this freak show of mine
There's a place for you with use, a place for you in heaven
All that glitters is not gold, in heaven
Even you may shine

He preaches revelation, chapter and verse
And all dead swine grow up a sacred cow
Too many christ's and never enough crosses
Who shall we crucify now?
Cease to exist, just come and say you love me

Shine on


4.Trail Of Scarlet

It was the word from milo, a word to the wise
That set me straight about your cheating and your lies
Set down between us like the bottle that we shared
He had to tell me because no else dared
I'm so disappointed
I'm so very, very let down

You can have the bed and the stains on the sheets
I'll sleep on the floor, i can't bear you deceit
You gave yourself away for the sake of a thrill
And for the price of my conceit, you were a steal
I'm so devastated
I'm so very, very let down

You leave a trail of scarlet like footsteps in the snow
You leave a trail of scarlet everywhere you go and i'm
The last to know

And isn't it just like you to shake the faith in me
I gave you all i have to give but i couldn't give you all you
need
And something that had died was all we had to lose
And the worst thing i ever did to you was to ask you to choose
I'm so very lonely
I'm so very, very let down

You leave a trail of scarlet like footsteps in the snow
You leave a trail of scarlet everywhere you go and i'm
The last to know


5.Spider And The Fly

Save me, save me, save me from the spider, begs the fly
I'm caught in her web and she's bleeding me dry
She wears her seduction like the bride wears her veil
She promised me heaven but all she gives me is hell

Oh no, no she's pulling me under
She's dragging me down, tearing me asunder
I'm sweating hot steel bulets, my mouth, my mouth is bone dry
I can't catch my breath, i just want to die
Oh no, no, no, no, no she's dragging me under
She's pulling me down, tearing me asunder
I'm sweating hot steel bullets, my mouth, my mouth is bone dry
My heart beats too fast, can't catch my breath,
The spider, the spider's trapped the fly


6.She Conjures Me Wings

I've been too drunk to love
Too drunk to care
I've looked like death, felt like hell
Been the worse for wear
I've been drinking too much to remember
The hell of the night before
I've been drinking myself blind
And still i'll drink some more

She is the wine that makes harps and choirs
The sweetest sound that the grapevine brings
She is the wine that makes gods and angels
And when i drink of her, she conjures me wings

She invites me to her banquets
And i feast on her bouquet
She chases the dragons, and,
Drives the demon away
She builds a rainbow bridge
To the island of the blessed
She leads me to surrender
To the quarry of my quest

She is the temptress
The master magician
A sister to eros
She is exhibition
She plays like a symphony
Smells like sympathy
Tastes like poetry
Gives her very soul to me


7.Sticks And Stones

I know i am a legend 'cos i've seen my name
Slandered on a dirty subway wall
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names don't hurt
Names can't hurt me at all

You can crucify me
I will rise again
You can crucify me
I will stand alone

You bask in the light that pours from me
But that's just the way the world is mine
That's just the way all stars must shine

Assassination by vitriol and your quill is a loaded gun
Your finger on the trigger baby, trigger baby, trigger baby
But your dumb dumb bullets, dumb dumb bullets
Can never hurt anyone


8.Like A Child Again

I'm not scared anymore
I'm not scared of the dark when i sleep with you
And i'm feeling alive
And i'm feeling strong again when i'm with you
And it hits me
Just like a runaway train
And it blows me away
Just like a hurricane
You can make me happy and i hope you feel the same
You make me feel just like a child, a child again

I'm not trapped anymore
Between madonna and the whore when i lay with you
And the days run away
Like wild horses run away when i'm with you
And i'm breathing you in
Just like the morning air
And i'm wrapping you around
Just like a skin to wear

Oh sweet thing
I'm born once again
For you sweet thing
Just like a baby again
You make me happy and i hope you feel the same
And i'm in heaven and it feels like a gentle rain
You make me happy and i want you to feel the same
You make me feel just like a child
A child again


9.Who Will Love Me Tomorrow?

She brings me colours, white wine and roses
And then we paint our faces and pwder our noses
She gives me her halo and i hang it next to mine
Reads to me mishima like a honeymoon valentine
She's an architect of pleasure and she fashions me a fountain
She leads me through the clouds to the peak of the highest
mountain
We dare the heavens on a chariot that we borrow
Tonight she is my cradle, but
Who will love me tomorrow?

Cold turkey cindy pulls the mirrors from the wall
Walks barefoot on the broken glass and stumbles in from the hall
She's shooting paper tigers with the needle that she's borrowed
Tonight she is my pillow, so
Who will love me tomorrow?

Must i sing so low to get so high?
I can't purge myself of demons and i don't know the reason why
My heart feels like a battlefield and all my soldiers lie slain
I'll never be clean, i'll never be pure again

She greets me like a siren and all her lights are flashing
She invites me to her dungeon with the promise of a lashing
And with a smile like a sunrise playing on her lips
She shows me her collections of butterflies, scars, and whips
With fingernails like claws she leaves keepsake souvenirs
Like trenches on my back she bathes in saccharine scented tears
I feel just like an actor in a play called 'dear friend sorrow'
Tonight she is my refuge, but
Who will love me tomorrow?


10.You Make Me Breathe

I never knew how much you could mean to me
Until the moment you saw how untrue i could be
I never meant to cause you sorrow
Never meant to cause you any pain
But with all the best intentions
I can't promise i won't do it again

I don't know what it is that drives me to make me want to throw
it all away
'cos you're really very precious, and i do so dearly want you to
say
It gets harder all the time, to be away from you
And i want to work it out, so you can grow to trust me too
Like i trust you

Time is not the healer, i was hoping he would be
And i'm still tender and bruised, but i want you to touch me
'cos there's a healing in your touch
And you're the one i need to be with
I want to give myself to you, give you all i have to give
You make me live
You make me breathe
You make me breathe


11.From One Jesus To Another

From one jesus to another napalm can be a treat
Religion is only cold comfort 'cos judas iscariot was a cheat
Bullet holes in my mirror and a minefield across my floor
I don't want to be a soldier, don't want to fight someone else's
war
I don't need no hare krishna
I don't need no primal scream
I don't need no mantra chant
I don't need no self esteem

I'll take to bed john the walrus 'cos my baudelaire has been
pawned
Plagued by demons, deceived by angels
What little devils have we spawned?
And buddha sits on my shelf shooting up edgar allan poe
And i'll dream in 'forbidden colours' just like vincent van gogh
I don't need no suit of armour
I don't need no sword and shield
I don't need no immortality
I don't need no elysian fields
I don't need no lollipops or rainbows
I don't need no hare of the hound
I don't want to be mummy or daddy
I don't need no duty bound

It's bedlam just like walt disney and mickey mouse causes a
scandal
Kahil gibran was a junkyard and genghis khan was a vandal
And i fell in love with marilyn monroe and
Then kennedy told me she'd died
And anyway, if it came to a choice, i'd take mata hari for my
bride
I don't need no religion or faith
I don't need no collusion
I don't need no spiritual healing
I don't need no selfdelusion
And jesus walks on water
But does he ever walk on air?
I'm getting lost again, mummy, scared again, daddy
And the beauty of it all is i no longer care.


12.Until There's Another Sunrise

Buried deep, buried deep inside
The hurting and the pain i've got to hide
It's cold and it's dark and it's raining outside
Never another sunset until there's another
Another sunrising up
Like a mountain from the sea
Against the pain
The walls i build, the bridges i burn
So i'll never get hurt again
It's cold and it's dark and i'm feeling numb
Never another sunrise until there's another
Another healing time come

Hiding away in my ivory tower, my fortress, my sanctuary
Until the healing comes, quiet and sure, like a mistress
visiting me
It's cold and it's lonely but there's a light shining in my eyes
There's another sunset until there's another
Until there's another sunrise