I recall a closing door, and I remember,   Seeing shadows cross a stained glass sky   Long before the strangers came down to steal our clothing,   And our consciences and long before,   eyes were empty, hearts were cold.   We'll watch the rattlesnakes slide   Slowly swerve into view   To tease and tantalise   To sucker your senses and spit out the pieces   Hey magazine girl, she was living in a different world   Or is it a he?   Pull back the curtain my son   I look around, the colour has gone   And slowly darkness descends upon me   Paradiso, I know you lied, that much I see      Well the serpent sings his song,   To so many sleeping staring eyes   Like sheep they sing along   And clap in time to a heart that's beating   Crazy child, she was wicked, oh she was wild, her eyes are open   Pull back the curtain today   I look around, the colour is grey   Grey as the ghost town that towers above me   Paradiso, I know you lied, that much is clear, to me      I see the poet and the fool   Walking hand in hand to school   I recall a lonely outcast and I remember,   Laughing children, it was long before,   Their eyes were empty, hearts were cold.      So dance this final dance with me   I'll wrap my sting round your spine   Will poison wash away the fear, wipe the world from my mind?   Look up, what can you do?   I looked around the colour was blue   Wise up! It's in your head   I looked around me and the colour is red   Red as the words that I read on the wall   Paradiso, kingdoms rise, so must they fall   And only ashes remain in the end   Paradiso, I know you lied, lies without end   I'll see it again and again and again.