As Josef K was dreaming of the grave Remembering we'd all be saved On that final day His heart was filled with laughter Thinking of the great hereafter And all the while his hair was turning gray Oh Josef K There will come a day When all you know beneath the heavens is betrayed So sharpen your cynicism Digging in, making wishes Preparing bitter points to penetrate You're mercenary to the bone But you sell your skin so cheap You're all dressed up in fancy clothes But in the end, you're just fresh meat You made a deal, you make believe You made a promise you can't keep But down here, my dear On the dark and bloody ground I've found They play for keeps Soft brushes painted bruises Crimson slashes Vital organs Speckled fuchsia Violet champagne And cotton candy feathers Spread from underneath the edges Music, magic, medicine parade You're mercenary to the bone But you sell your skin so cheap You're all dressed up in fancy clothes But in the end, you're just fresh meat You made a deal, you make believe You made a promise you can't keep But down here, my dear On the dark and bloody ground I've found They play for keeps Silk gloves have become latex No longer soft caresses Ribbons become ropes by which you're bound Josef, you're out of wishes I count 10, 000 stitches We all knew how this was going down We Carve our names into the skin Reciting sacred verses I'm sitting in the bathroom stall I'll scratch a phallic symbol there Reciting ancient curses No I'm not scared, not scared at all We carve our names into the skin Reciting sacred verses I'm sitting in the bathroom stall I'll scratch a phallic symbol there Reciting ancient curses No I'm not scared, not scared at all We carve our names into the skin Reciting sacred verses I'm sitting in the bathroom stall I'll scratch a phallic symbol there Reciting ancient curses No I'm not scared, not scared at all We carve our names into the skin Reciting sacred verses I'm sitting in the bathroom stall I'll scratch a phallic symbol there Reciting ancient curses No I'm not scared, not scared at all