Omar Rodríguez-López - Governed by Contagions lyrics

[Verse 1] Portrait of a family force fed through tunnel straws Singing cannibal hymns of the bourgeoisie There's a narc on every corner Knock, knock, knock on every door With a home made remedy to loosen every tongue [Refrain 1] How many bites do you think it takes to get to the cyanide tooth? Brace yourself, my darling Brace yourself, my love [Verse 2] Smuggled in their faith like an orbit in decay Drools the cloying adulation of the piss ants One shot for every snitch leads the needle to the stitch It's a homemade remedy to loosen every tongue [Refrain 1] How many bites do you think it takes to get to the cyanide tooth? Brace yourself, my darling Brace yourself, my love [Refrain 2] How many cries will the owners fake to save pathological truths? Brace yourself, my darling Brace yourself, my love [Hook] That's the way the guillotine claps She's the one who's governed by contagions That's the way the guillotine claps She's the one who's governed by contagions [Verse 3] Life! Is not the answer Cry! Will you a**imilate love in the time of gilded crumbs? Crawl! Until you weep with blood Life! Is not the answer Canaries in the coal mine dropping like flies [Refrain 3] How many bites do you think it takes to get to the cyanide tooth? Brace yourself, my darling Brace your poleaxed love [Hook] That's the way the guillotine claps She's the one who's governed by contagions That's the way the guillotine claps She's the one who's governed by contagions [Bridge] Too many bodies shriveled up in their tributes Too many bodies flayed with a grin Brace yourself, my darling Brace yourself for a flood He's the man behind the dresser giving zodiac advice He says there will come a day to delete everything Brace yourself, my darling Brace yourself for a flood There's a woman eating her newborn under a tractor's frame She says barren are the fields from the nephilim rain Brace yourself, my darling Brace yourself for a flood [Hook] That's the way the guillotine claps He's the one who's governed by contagions That's the way the guillotine claps He's the one who's governed by contagions [Outro] Governed by contagions Governed by contagions