(I'll Name You) The Flame That Cries

Taken from "Demons and Painkillers" 2003

"Cherub blown apart
baby's in the bed
sit around and mope
better not
can't be long from me

Here they linger
probably in danger
read it on a flyer
glisten on the burner
king shows anger, "reign, man!"
he will deal with it later, send them away
send them away then
not gonna spank you
and we thank you from all of our hearts
send them away then
they're developing rashes
down on the ashes
and after the body-parts
visiting down there
trying to cling there
it don't mean a thing there

Warlock bought her,
animal's little daughter
smiling in spite that she's a spy
while she's singing, an insect stinging
glowing, winging by
if this one will call you like a tide
it can only breed alone
so alone it flys
to enslave you by the night
you can only weep alone
I'll name you the flame that cries

Yeah we did it
we brought you in this ready
takes a quick one to find the light
high speed child in motion
and you can't come along for the ride
yeah we made it with a pitchfork and machete
wow, that's amazing, can I try?
no dangerous weather is approaching
and we wouldn't want you to slide

Visiting down there
trying to cling there
it don't mean a thing there"

A gentle acoustic number will a bit of weird The Day The Earth Stood Still 50s type Sci-Fi sounds in the background which breaks into a full band number halfway through. Some good production on this song and some great playing off each other really well and sounds very much like The Who at times. The lyrics, as ever, conjure up a number of different images. It could almost be sound sort of Fantastical story of Kings and adventure or a story about S&M and STDs. The choice is yours.