Clean - to walk the earth unblemished To stand before God and wear white Dreams - unreachable and bitter The fantasies of normal life I once embraced dissolve and seem so Far away Far away Don't touch me, I'm unclean... Bleed and wash me in your fountain The leopard never licks away his spots Scream for anyone who knows the way To get back to a place that's sane It seems so out of focus and so Far away Far away Don't touch me, I'm unclean... I used to say the words each day To keep the demons on the outside But now my mind is a four-lane freeway And it's rush hour all the time Morning comes like my worst enemy Unexpected, dressed to k** Sunshine holds me down upon the ground And strips me of my will Birdsong becomes a nightmare orchestra Announcing all my sins Freight trains and submarines push through my brain And blood until it thins Don't touch me, I'm unclean... And it all seems worth it When I'm underneath the fog and lights And appetites of everyone Who's just like me, unable to be clean Clean - to walk the earth unblemished To stand before God and wear white Dreams - unreachable and bitter The fantasies of normal life I once embraced dissolve and seem so Bleed and wash me in your fountain The leopard never licks away his spots Scream for anyone who knows the way To get back to a place that's sane It seems so out of focus and so Far away Far away Don't touch me, I'm unclean...