i lay me down again in your arms undress me and possess me with your toungues of fire withershins feeding from the child to the breast i plunge my knife in you at all hell s behest cruel mother dig your nails into my back grant my furtive soul a place in your design know me know as i place my ashes into your urn of the flesh am i and to the flesh i shall return i am a shadow moving with shadows i am blood and piss coming in waves i am isaiah s nightmare brought into flesh now i am the sword and the whip and the pleasure of slaves cruel father i ve climbed the ivory spire for you i ve seen your blade like arms rake the stars from the sky tearing through the kingdom like so much kindling and straw casting down all order into the cape of salvation s maw i am a shadow moving with shadows i am blood and piss coming in waves i am isaiah s nightmare brought into flesh now i am the sword and the whip and the pleasure of slaves