The Malkin Jewel

Song The Malkin Jewel
Artist The Mars Volta
Album The Malkin Jewel

Lyrics

[00:14.01] I must've crawled through your bedroom door in a fit of jealous breath
[00:19.05]
[00:19.55] Perched upon the Bacchus foot of your unsuspecting bed
[00:25.18] From the blossom rags in my jackal croon to the stems of this cinquefoil
[00:30.74] I give to you the shrapnel with which to sprinkle in her soil because
[00:36.68] All the traps in the cellar go clickety clack
[00:41.05] Cause you know I always set them for you
[00:43.12]
[00:44.55] Yeah, for you!
[00:45.86]
[00:48.55] All the rats in the cellar form a vermin of steps
[00:52.11] You know they're going to take me to you
[00:55.55]
[00:56.74] Yeah, to you!
[00:59.05] You wash it down with harlot soap, well is this what you want?
[01:09.93]
[01:10.55] I'll paint your steps with the lilac stains of smelter revenant
[01:16.05] My cutlery is rattling in the dormant wooden drawers
[01:21.10]
[01:21.66] From the palm of my throne I'm begging you to cut the orchid cord because
[01:27.23] All the traps in the cellar go clickety clack
[01:31.85] Cause you know I always set them for you
[01:34.29]
[01:35.43] Yeah, for you!
[01:36.74]
[01:39.30] All the rats in the cellar form a vermin of steps
[01:43.18] You know they're going to take me to you
[01:46.80] Yeah, to you!
[01:48.43]
[02:18.74] I know a girl that was woven in spindle and thread
[02:25.05]
[02:26.93] Trapped in a bivouac of taffeta scaffolding wed
[02:37.86]
[02:40.61] She tosses and turns and wakes all the children in nest
[02:48.80]
[02:49.42] Yawning with hunger they take turns of nourishment
[02:58.11]
[03:02.61] And she says, aah...
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[03:12.18] Somebody, somebody help me
[03:17.37]
[03:18.36] Is there anybody that can set me free?
[03:28.42]
[03:34.30] From the mountains of avarice this I beg to you
[03:38.42]
[03:45.79] My ether turns flesh to gravel
[03:48.60]
[04:01.35] All the traps in the cellar go clickety clack
[04:04.35] Cause you know I always set them for you
[04:07.67] Yeah, for you!
[04:09.48]
[04:12.48] All the rats in the cellar form a vermin of steps
[04:15.43] You know they're going to take me to you
[04:18.45]
[04:19.19] Yeah, to you!
[04:21.19]
[04:23.88] All the traps in the cellar go clickety clack
[04:26.76] Cause you know I always set them for you
[04:29.57]
[04:30.26] Yeah, for you!
[04:32.82]
[04:35.13] All the rats in the cellar form a vermin of steps
[04:37.89] You know they're going to...