Psalm (Maggot's Lair)

After murder, we encounter the great mystery
That which surpasses the human experience,
the human disease
Directly before, a moment or two after
and essentially during murder -
great mysteries revealed
Animal introduction, the first
prehistoric urge instilled at birth
The first cries of freedom
If only from the womb
And birth and death do not end it
This transgression is perhaps the first
And final step in the evolutionary stage
Before and after reincarnation
Seen through the murderer's eyes...
The only true free spirit
Dark horse rider
Angel of dark shadows
Maggot's lair - blindness
The first incision fulfills the need for the last
Seen through animal eyes
And God's eye
And God's eye
Through the murderer's eye

The only true free spirit
Dark horse rider
Maggot's Lair

The lord is my shepherd;
I shall always want
He maketh me to lie in wait for rapture
He leadeth me to vile waters,
He destroyeth my soul,
He leadeth me in the path of blindness
for his name's sake
In the valley of the shadow of death
Thou appeareth before me
In robes of silicon and rust
Thou doth defile me as no other has before thee
I fear all life-for thou art with me
Thy rod and staff serve to defeat me
In the presence of mine enemies
Thou annointest my head with scalding oils
My blood runneth over
Surely goodness and mercy shall
Forsake me all the days of my life
And I shall dwell under ground, under foot
Forever in the presence of mine enemies

The lord is my shepherd;
I shall always want

The first incision fulfills the need for the last
Seen through animal eyes
And God's eye