"the band began to tune up, though it seemed a pointless exercise considering the kind of music they were going to play..." Terror

terror // this is what you call me // i strike terror among men // i can't be bothered by what they think // i bear my cross // my soul // myself // i forgive // but i never forget // i have been put upon this earth in female form // but i can handle myself with the best of you // as well as the worst // and i often have // i have the right to remain silent // but i choose to speak // sing // scream // i am lips // hips // tits // i am the power of a woman // strong like music // true like friendship // but without my friends there would be no music // only spoken word // (fucker) // i am unable to change // so i live without regret // without remorse // only a remix // i am drunk // i am sober // heaven doesn't want me and hell's afraid ill take over // don't bother trying to censor me or shut me up // because it won't work // i am cold and distant // yet warm and close to those who deserve to see that side of me // part of me // the heart of me // you find me so hard to understand in your world // the world you perceive to be so normal // i am deformed // scorned // reborn // i am me // and i know exactly who i am // what i am // and the wrath i bring // the ugly beauty // the lying truth // the virgin whore // the quiet storm // a lover // a fighter // a saint // a sinner // a sister // a daughter // old school // a beginner // i have decorated myself with love // hate // truth // you // all of you // both of you // none of you // more than one of you // with lips like sugar // eyes like meat // ive watched men come // go // and cheat // i sleep to dream and dream of sleep // i had a dream joe // that you were standing in the middle of an open road // i had a dream Joe // that your hands were raised up to the sky and your mouth was covered in foam // ive been crucified // justified // and mortified by my behaviour // both feminine and masculine // i am a contradiction // a juxtaposition // my relief is my release and only time will tell // all's well that ends well // i am unsweetened // unclean // been called drama queen // ex girlfriend // ex member // the tantrum // the temper // i point my finger // take the blame // and this time i will own the name // because nobody is going to ruin me // if i have to i will ruin myself // and it will be my ruin // (fucker) Preacher

it was a long time ago // longer now than it seems // a place that perhaps you have seen in your dreams // welcome to my world // is it what you thought it would be? // im trapped inside this hell // between blood queen and purgatory // a coop filled covered hall // a tattooed babydoll // ive got the devil in my corner // and jesus on my wall // today is an oatmeal day // i feel like a monster babe // preacher save me with your call // and i will be your little miss scare-all // one eye's green and one eye's blue // demons // angels // a love that's true // catch me now as i start to fall // let me be your little miss scare-all // halloween is over // but i will keep you scared // take you to the fright side // i know you'll come prepared // be your deadly nightshade // turn your christmas black // and you can be my johnny homicidal maniac // today is an oatmeal day // i feel like a monster babe // preacher save me with your call // and i will be your little miss scare-all // one eye's green and one eye's blue // demons // angels // a love that's true // catch me now as i start to fall // let me be your little miss scare-all // forgive me preacher for i have sinned // it's been three weeks since my first confession // i am the one // hiding under your bed // my teeth are sharp // my lips are red // i am the one // hiding under your stairs // with snakes and spiders in her hair // i feel like a monster babe // little miss scare-all // i feel like a monster babe Tainted Love

(original lyrics by Marc Almond)

sometimes i feel i've got to // run away // i've got to // get away // from the pain you drive into the heart of me // the love we share // seems to go nowhere // and i've lost my light // for i toss and turn i can't sleep at night // once i ran to you // now i'll run from you // this tainted love you've given // i give you all a girl could give you // take my tears and that's not nearly all // tainted love // now i know i've got to // run away // i've got to // get away // you don't really want any more from me // to make things right // you need someone to hold you tight // and you think love is to pray // but i'm sorry i don't pray that way // once i ran to you // now i'll run from you // this tainted love you've given // i give you all a girl could give you // take my tears and that's not nearly all // tainted love // don't touch me please // i cannot stand the way you tease // i love you though you hurt me so // now its time you pack your things and go // tainted love // tainted love // touch me baby // tainted love // dont touch me with your tainted love // tainted love Blasphemous Girl

drunk with sin // she sits in her skin // filled with anger // fuelled be liquor // drowns in dreams // with no saviour // from the truth none can save her // he is her own personal jesus // and he will not be her last // god wants a piece of her ass // god wants a piece of my ass // i am a blasphemous girl // i am a blasphemous girl // i am a blasphemous girl // i am a blasphemous girl // magnum mouthed i shoot to kill // you murder me with lies and guilt // strangle me with tragic hands // god wants a piece of her ass // god wants a piece of my ass // i am a blasphemous girl // i am a blasphemous girl // i am // stab me like a stalker // rape me like a hero // stab me like a stalker // rape me and be my hero // bless me darling and i will forgive you // eloquent and full of grace // you speak in tongues behind my back // a dry lung vocal martyr // i will suffer for my lover // i will suffer for his sins // i will suffer for my lover // i am suffering for him // torture me with timelessness // worship my fist with every kiss // resurrection of my pain // drag me down our memory lane // introduce me to devotion // leave me numb with no emotion // stars surround you when i feel you // you look better when i cannot see you // honesty looks good on you // but liar should be your tattoo Close Your Eyes

this place is hell to me and i can never get no sleep // there's a devil in my bed with me whose talk is cheap // you feel like heaven to me // all i want to do is sleep // you're like an angel // lyin' next to me you look so sweet // close your eyes // and lets pretend // remember why we're just friends // my tangled hair will weave a web of lies within my sheets // and in the morning ill be nailed where he crucified me // your blackened hair will leave a stain within my mind so deep // and when tomorrow comes ill wish that you would worship me // close your eyes // and lets pretend // remember why we're just friends // there must be a storm in london tonight // because it's cold and raining hard // my body aches // my lover waits // i pick the scabs from my arms // there must be a storm in l.a. tonight // because it's cold and raining hard // i miss your kiss // i miss your face // i miss the stars of your arms // the man that i lust // in he do i trust // for he is my god // my anti-jesus // he is my saviour // my salvation // he leads me into temptation // in my highest hour // my lowest moment // he is my torture // he is my torment // and i will pray for him // to remain my friend // and save me from my enemies // forever amen // this place is hell to me and I can never get no sleep // there's a devil in the bed with me whose talk is cheap Absolution

i wanna lie in the pretty sun // but daylight just leaves me numb // so i cover up my scars // with velvet drapes that kill rock stars // change my mood // lick my wounds // trust will lead us to the truth // drown myself in misery // sleep with my enemy // destroy my destiny // erase the memory of you // open myself to reveal my wounds // and i find the memory of you // i wanna die on the darkest night // when there's no one left to fight // fill my bed with leopard fur // think of you inside of her // suffer for my latest sin // until im happy in my skin // open myself to reveal my wounds // and i find the memory of you // i ache for you // i ache for us // i pray for you // i pray for us // i wait for you // i wait // deny thy lover and refuse thy name // first last and always // when will you tell me the truth? // when will you tell you the truth? // when will you tell me the truth? // when will you tell you // my revenge on you will not kill you // it will make you want to kill yourself Horrible Pain (within my heart)

i invoke him // and he comes to me in my dreams // dressed in black // he speaks in a language only i can understand // his hands are warm // his breath is hot // he is the horrible pain within my heart // my religion // my sanctuary // my church // my sacrifice // my confession // my exorcism // my worship in progress // i have no other lover // now until forever // he is magic // and when he kisses me i can taste him on my lips // like an elixir // far from innocent // he is pure evil // a sinner's prayer // a saint's desire // for him i would walk through fire // for him // i have walked through fire // to draw him // i want so bad // one gift ill never have // he drives a stake into my soul // makes me bleed // makes me whole // drinks me // devours me // intoxicates me // with his love // hate // devotion // faith // as beautiful as jesus christ // he is as brutal as the depths of hell // in my dreams i press my mouth against his // and i feel heaven // horror // terror // he looks at me with that look // i call it his serial killer look // like he wants to fuck me and kill me all at the same time // it scares me // it turns me on // his eyes are brown // his stare is intense // meaningful // powerful // maybe that's why he's so fuckin' scary // because he means it // sometimes he tells me he loves me as he looks at me with that look // sometimes he doesn't have to // ive never felt a man look at me with that look // it's almost creepy // uncomfortable // sexy // i guess i know he could never really chop off my hands // or could he? Monster

destroy me // as want turns to need // you murder me // just to watch me bleed // i live inside my own make believe // i sacrifice what you can't see // im hissing mad // and im dripping wet // i have no father // i have no pet // and ill be damned the day i die // your anti muse // your anti lie // can i speak? // i will destroy // if i speak // it will destroy // how i speak // i will destroy // when i speak // it will destroy you // another lover // another man // another victim of circumstance // i close my eyes with no regret // i know your name baby but i forget // my mouth is cruel and my lips are mean // im dirty-minded and im obscene // but ill be saved the day i die // ill be your muse // ill be your lie // can i speak? // i will destroy // if i speak // it will destroy // how i speak // i will destroy // when i speak // it will destroy you // i see god and he's my friend // but the devil's standing next to him // he says my name and i feel so weak // just like a monster who cannot speak // im like a monster // when i speak // am i a monster // When i speak? // you're just a monster // when we speak // so im a monster when i speak // can i speak? // ill be your monster // when we speak // and i speak to destroy // speak and destroy // speak and destroy // yeah Sick With It

sick // sick with disease // deny addiction // down on my knees // feed my affliction // scared to believe my own decisions // eager to please // distorted visions // breed life // need life // breathe life // keep life // lie and deceive with no emotion // false promises // loss of devotion // scarred by deceit // my self destruction // love obsolete // live in dysfunction // breed life // need life // breathe life // keep life // bleed life // heal life // feel life // the sweet life is all I want // can i bleed for the ritual? // bleed for it // got a need for the ritual // can I breathe for the ritual? // breathe for it // got a need for the ritual? // sick with it // sick with it // sick with it // it's inside me // i feel it growing // nowhere to hide // my anger's showing // breed life // need life // breathe life // keep life // bleed life // heal life // feel life // the sweet life // and on this dark night of my soul i will continue to pray for us // and try to remember only the good things // the sweet life My Beautiful Flower

your mouth blooms like a cut // sweet and full of sin // I prick myself on your thorns // and I bleed within // your petals start to fall // and the weeds attack // in my torture garden // the blue sky is black // my beautiful flower // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // my beautiful flower // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // our love starts to spoil // my lips bleed like a rose // underneath the soil is where the evil grows // my petals fade to brown // and you watch me die // in my torture garden // under black sunshine // my beautiful flower // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // my beautiful flower // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // your mouth blooms like a cut // sweet and full of sin // i prick myself on your thorns // and i bleed within // our love starts to spoil // my lips bleed like a rose // underneath the soil is where the evil grows // i am earth // you can feel me touch you // hear me breathe // cos its my air that loves you // and i am fire // you will feel me burn you // come inside // and ill be water with you // he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not //he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me // he loves me not // he loves me Diavolina

this is a mantra // for myself // this is a mantra // for someone else // this is a mantra // so be warned // hell hath no fury like a woman scorned // sweetly // he smiles at me so bright it burns me // tongue twisted // sick with words // she'll get what she deserves // she got what she deserved // see me // i look at you so deep that she feels me // girl tricks make you believe // but she steals me // i will be her disease // diavolina screams // this is a mantra // for myself // this is a mantra // for someone else // this is a mantra // so be warned // hell hath no fury like a woman scorned // keep me // so safe inside // your sins are secret // i watch you live your life in regret // you'll get what you deserve // sleepy // you close your eyes but you can't dream me // dirty girl so mean // can't clean me // i will be your disease // diavolina screams // this is a mantra // for myself // this is a mantra // for someone else // this is a mantra // so be warned // hell hath no fury like a woman scorned // and i swear // sacred as this heart of mine // strong as the ties that bind us // heavy as this cross which i forever bear // eternity will be the hell we share // and what you want // i don't care cos it doesn't concern me // this is about what i need // so bleed as the needle goes in // i'm creeping under your skin // soak you in sickness and scent you in sin // so say you love her and i'll believe you // but if you can't then you only deceive you // i said i love you and i don't lie // remember that // next time you kiss me goodbye June 10th

do you remember those words you whispered to me // on that fateful day in italy mr. b? // i can hear you singing // face on fire // blue skies // your eyes // my beautiful liar // i'm still breathing // you can't kiss me // kill me darling // i know you miss me // can't resist me // call me miss b // i love it when you call me miss b // can you hear me talking? // can you see me? // red lights my lips // she can never be me // she can never be me // now i'm screaming // what can i break? // my heart's broken // silverlake // san fransisco // switzerland // lacunza // england // budapest // mulhouse // june 10th // june 10th // do you remember june 10th? // i can't forget june 10th // i remember when we first met // do you remember? // or do you forget? // you were so perfect // so pure // like an angel // you were like an angel // amen // and i remember thinking // my god // my god he is just so beautiful // so fuckin' amazing // and every night i would watch you // i would watch you watching me // and we swore that nothing would come between us // that no one would come between us // do you remember? // ecstasy in paris // laying down in the middle of the street // in the middle of the night // in the centre of you // i was humbled by your power // on the 9th plane // 666 acacia avenue // somewhere in hell // diggin' the hell out of you // diggin' the hell in you // my co-conspirator // my executioner // my sacrificial lamb // my friend // my lover // my martyr // are you my enemy now? // you once asked me // " is existence all we share?" // you tell me // when you remember june 10th // do you remember june 10th? Bright Red Scream

you say i'm angry // i guess i should be // because it makes me happy // my mind is creepy // i guess it could be // depends on what you ask me // you are my bright red scream // girl wet dream // you are my bright red scream // and when i sleep i dream of you // you say i'm scary // i guess i could be // cos when i speak you fear me // my mouth is dirty // i guess it would be // pretend you just don't hear me // you are my bright red scream // girl wet dream // you are my bright red scream // nothing is what it will seem // and i'm your scary teddy bear // love me // hate me // i let you drive me crazy // crucify me // or do you wanna save me? // yes // no // maybe // it doesn't matter baby // you're not so clean // that i can't make you wanna scream // scream // scream // scream with me // bright red scream // girl wet dream // you are my bright red scream // scream with me // scream for me // i'm not mean // i'm just not nice // and there's a difference // thank you for remaining at a safe distance Cosmetic

elegantly wasted // and i can taste it // here i sit // trying not to fake this gift // of the beauty myth // i can't help but feel like this // bored of the beauty whore // cos my body just wants more scars // and i can feel them // wound // i can't heal them // red bring my mouth to life // black revive my hair that's dyed // make up always helps me hide // what i don't like on the outside // starlight // starbright // first star i see tonight // i wish i may // i wish i might // have the wish i wish tonight // a birthday girl // a broken heart // you name the drama // she played the part // long lost demons leave her godless // like her powder leaves her flawless // sugar coated heart shaped pout // lipstick just distorts her mouth // mascara puts her eyes to sleep // cos beauty's only skin deep // starlight // starbright // first star i see tonight // i wish i may // i wish i might // have the wish i wish tonight // bitch du jour served on a platter // she's so pretty // but does it matter? // beauty is in the eye of the beholder // but nobody told her // mirror mirror on the wall // watch her break and watch her fall // stitch her smile // bruise her knees // walk among her enemies // starlight // starbright // first star i see tonight // i wish i may // i wish i might // have the wish i wish tonight // blessed am i among women // to live and love in such a beautiful temple // blessed am i among women Sycophant

one two // freddy's comin' for you // three four // better lock your door // five six // grab your crucifix // something wicked this way comes // premeditated evil numbs // cartoon kids // crayola smiles // children of the korn fed styles // but i don't buy your lies // i see through your disguise // don't feel your screams or cries // why? // im sick of looking // so sick i can't // im sick // of the sycophant // sick of listening // so sick i can't // im sick // of the sycophant // i see you breathless and deranged // a little girl who's acting strange // tryna scare us with your scream // but it's all routine // and all you do is take // steal and imitate // you are what you create // you're fake // im sick of looking // so sick i can't // im sick // of the sycophant // sick of listening // so sick i can't // im sick // of the sycophant // i barely recognize you in your new disguise // cosmetic covered eyes // just tell me why // why? // why? // why? // you put the make up on // take the make up off // searching to be found // but you're so fuckin' lost // now the road to hell is paved with stones // and some of those are fakes and clones // counterfeits which suck and bleed us // wearin' fuckin' adidas // but something just ain't right // no substance // only hype // with faith you got the life that made you rich // and a punk ass bitch // i'm sick of looking // so sick i can't // im sick // of the sycophant // sick of listening // so sick i can't // im sick // of the sycophant // sick of you and anyone like you // sometimes i think ive lost my mind // or else this whole world's blind