Climbing up these stairs at night I keep forgetting as I fall on my face Because somebody forgot to wipe away Bloodstains from the night before When two men were fighting over love That was never there Religion of despair Tenement steps Tenement steps Tenement steps Cemented Someone's banging on the door And I remember as I sit in the dark Of a promise to tear my bones apart I pick up a hatchet from the fireplace Open the door and scar a face I nearly k**ed a boy I could have backed away Tenement steps Tenement steps Tenement steps Cemented Oo Tenement steps Tenement steps Tenement steps Cemented Oo Climbing up these stairs at night I keep forgetting as I fall on my face Because somebody forgot to wipe away Fade away evaporate Tenement steps Tenement steps Tenement steps Cemented