song title / lyrics

"Stage Agony" by the IOD

A square is always a square, that's what they say
But when you crawl yourself through me all the shapes decay

A kiss is just a kiss, that's all we're 'supposed to know
But when it rings through veins and wrists it's hard to say hello

A clock-keeper on the tower
A madman in the alley
The broom that sweeps while mothers weep:
This is the grand finale

All hands will surely fold in prayer, or so the saying goes
Unbound they bleed the prophecy until the cancer shows

A mirror always tells the truth, and rarely does it fail
But woe the ghost who ties his post upon that crippled sail

A clock-keeper on the tower
A madman in the alley
The broom that sweeps while mothers weep:
This is the grand finale