Hey there now young one wholly, swing along
   quote the scriptures, keep them guessing
   which pit you crawled from.
   just defy it, just deny it, was it fun?
   your time has come-
   what have you done? what have you done?
  
   that's when the insults start to sting
   you can't remember anything
   the chorus chime in, the greek chorus,
   the machine of god singing
  
   it's the poison that in measures brings
   illuminating vision
   it's the knowing with a wink that we expect in
   southern women
   it's the wolf that knows which root to dig
   to save itself
   it's the octopus that crawled back to the sea
  
   that's when the insults start to sting
   you can't remember anything
   the chorus chime in, the greek chorus,
   the machine of god ring!
  
   hammered, shooting plywood in the backyard
   laughing 'cause the racket makes the
   blackbirds sing
   write the holy terror, suck the marrow from
   the bone- singe
   your own wings burning books, you got the
   chorus and the ring
  
   that's when the insults start to sting
   you can't remember anything
   the chorus chime in, the greek chorus,
   the machine sings
   that's when the insults starts to sting
   you can't remember anything
   the chorus chime in, the greek chorus,
   the machine sings
  
   that's when the calibration brittle as a stick
   gets you the gold ring
   and the tar museum che guevera wink,
   gold ring
   gold ring.
  
   sing.
   sing.
   sing.
   sing.