Hatred and Glory

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Spooky happenings at a distance
A dog buried to his neck in quicksand
An eye slips like a snail through your hand
What is snowfall to a blind beggar,
       even in Istanbul?


It's the neverending story, hatred and glory
Oh blood, the flies have won
Hatred and glory, the neverending story
Oh blood, the flies have won


What does it take to kill a king?
What does it take to shred a butterfly's wings?
Only the vampires also cooperate
This is a place where gangrene has set in










It's the neverending story, hatred and glory
Oh blood, the flies have won
Hatred and glory, the neverending story
Oh blood, the flies have won

Certain customs always abide
Gibbets and wheels from Dresden
      to Prague
Verify the slaughter or perform
      it yourself
Cattle cars rolling through
      the night and the fog










It's the neverending story, hatred
   and glory
Oh blood, the flies have won
Hatred and glory, the neverending story
Oh blood, the flies have won

The bishop perished in the desert
Searching for God
People professed to be shocked
I find that odd


It's the neverending story, hatred and glory
Oh blood, the flies have wom
Hatred and glory, the neverending story
Oh blood, the flies have won


Is anybody listening
At least you'd know they care
Nobody's listening
No one's there








It's the neverending story, hatred and glory
Oh blood, the flies have won
Hatred and glory, the neverending story
Oh blood, the flies have won

Flow my tears, the policeman said
Only savages live in dreams
Knowledge and the desert, or eternal salvation
She got the sugar, she got that sweet blood


It's the neverending story, hatred and glory
Oh blood, the flies have won
Hatred and glory, the neverending story
Oh blood, the flies have won