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WHEN EVERYONE YOU HAVE EVER LOVED IS FINALLY GONE
WHEN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER WANTED IS FINALLY DONE WITH
WHEN ALL OF YOUR NIGHTMARES ARE FOR A TIME OBSCURED
AS BY A SHINING BRAINLESS BEACON
OR A BLINDING ECLIPSE OF THE MANY TERRIBLE SHAPES OF THIS WORLD
WHEN YOU ARE CALM AND JOYFUL
AND FINALLY ENTIRELY ALONE
THEN IN A GREAT NEW DARKNESS
YOU WILL FINALLY EXECUTE YOUR SPECIAL PLAN
[VERSE 2]
ONE NEEDS TO HAVE A PLAN, SOMEONE SAID WHO WAS TURNED AWAY INTO THE SHADOWS
AND WHO I HAD BELIEVED WAS SLEEPING OR DEAD
IMAGINE, HE SAID, ALL THE FLESH THAT IS EATEN
THE TEETH TEARING INTO IT
THE TONGUE TASTING ITS SAVOUR
AND THE HUNGER FOR THAT TASTE
NOW TAKE AWAY THAT FLESH, HE SAID
TAKE AWAY THE TEETH AND THE TONGUE
THE TASTE AND THE HUNGER
TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING AS IT IS
THAT WAS MY PLAN
MY OWN SPECIAL PLAN FOR THIS WORLD
I LISTENED TO THESE WORDS AND YET I DID NOT WONDER
IF THIS CREATURE WHOM I HAD THOUGHT SLEEPING OR DEAD WOULD EVER APPROACH HIS VISION
EVEN IN HIS DEEPEST DREAMS
OR HIS MOST LASTING DEATH
BECAUSE I HAD HEARD OF SUCH PLANS, SUCH VISIONS
AND I KNEW THEY DID NOT SEE FAR ENOUGH
BUT WHAT WAS DEMANDED IN A WAY OF A PLAN
NEEDED TO GO BEYOND TONGUE AND TEETH AND HUNGER AND FLESH
BEYOND THE BONES AND THE VERY DUST OF BONES AND THE WIND THAT WOULD COME TO BLOW THE DUST AWAY
AND SO I BEGAN TO ENVISION A DARKNESS THAT WAS LONG BEFORE THE DARK OF NIGHT
AND A STRANGELY SHINING LIGHT
THAT OWED NOTHING TO THE LIGHT OF DAY
THAT DAY MAY SEEM LIKE OTHER DAYS
ONCE MORE WE FEEL THE TINY-LEGGED TREPIDATIONS
ONCE MORE WE ARE MANGLED BY A GREAT GRINDING FEAR
BUT THAT DAY WILL HAVE NO OTHERS AFTER
NO MORE WORLDS LIKE THIS WILL FOLLOW
BECAUSE I HAVE A PLAN
A VERY SPECIAL PLAN
NO MORE WORLDS LIKE THIS
NO MORE DAYS LIKE THAT
