Sendero Luminoso

Lyrics

[Verse: Billy Woods] Tip of the spear, edge of the sword Ghosts into secret places nameless Iron doors polaroid faceless Secet wars and missing persons Forged papers read like box saws Handcrank generators color coded cords Rubber gloves, alligators clip spark plugs Wedge a wet rag in they mouth The light flickers subjects bounce Flourescent bulbs Rodney fixtures Mutilate one, show the rest the pictures Observation slit, as you can see They are quiet listeners They don't even dream suicide After a while, they wait patiently to die Surgeons, we guide them like patients through the lies The tears, the pleas, the anger, the greed for life Listen to them cry, sob, cajole, wipe their eyes Cradled heads swole as hot piss runs down thighs You know the truth when you hear it Broken spirits, fingers, knees ?uestlove the souls of feet, they weep the lyrics We looped the beat, snares, rim shots, bass kicks Reset wall clocks, sleep deprivation, facial tics Wet burqa in basements, dry jobs in a hot box Reset the watch, time twists and disappears Spines crack, surrender all you hold dear Love, honesty, and pride peeled away like an orange rind I break 'em and look inside No need to listen to what's said I can see souls from here, needles prick the iris Marxist cry red all that's left is fear Mangled thumbs, the smell of burning The sound of burst eardrums, hiss of radiator Scuttle of mice, water leaking, mosquitoes feast on the weaklings She told me God's secret name And for that I took pity and put one in her brain