We wrote these plans    took the order the architecture    and followed them to the end    until the gears ground cold    and relentless    there was no remorse    we had none    we kept on with no trace of a regret    I never saw any blood    no soul for the body    watch them turn her scab    covered skin into stone    like a coal in the sky    searching for the dawn    for the last time    bloated with white eyes wide    we've come to an understanding    you lose I profit high noon    and there ain't no secrets    no more excuses    now our number's up    let them lead us by the throat now    just smile while the rope pulls tighter    guilty is an understatement    the hourglass is never right side up    and all the time we try to tear the script up    forgetting all the sour for the sweet    the paragraph has never been so empty    the mother dies with infant in arms    the lifeless test tube, look what she's done   evolution gave us a clock    that's always winding down