The Blue Mask-Lou Reed

[00:00.000] 作词 : Reed [01:35.819] They tied his arms behind his back [01:38.271] To teach him how to swim [01:41.469] They put blood in his coffee [01:44.002] And milk in his gin [01:47.277] They stood over the soldier [01:49.752] In the midst of the squalor [01:52.993] There was war in his body [01:55.332] And it caused his brain to holler [01:59.055] Make the sacrifice [02:01.476] Mutilate my face [02:03.721] If you need someone to kill [02:06.156] I'm a man without a will [02:08.762] Wash the razor in the rain [02:10.995] Let me luxuriate in pain [02:13.616] Please don't set me free [02:16.004] Death means a lot to me [02:20.069] The pain was lean and it made him scream [02:22.477] He knew he was alive [02:25.564] He put a pin through the nipples on his chest [02:28.030] He thought he was a saint [02:31.186] I've made love to my mother [02:32.402] Killed my father and brother [02:33.690] What am I to do [02:36.661] When a sin goes too far [02:37.846] It's like a runaway car [02:38.917] It cannot be controlled [02:42.362] Spit upon his face and scream [02:44.655] There's no oedipus today [02:47.910] This is no play you're thinking you are in [02:50.260] What will you say [02:53.623] Take the blue mask down from my face [02:55.884] And look me in the eye [02:59.138] I get a thrill from punishment [03:01.260] I've always been that way [03:04.529] I loathe and despise repentance [03:06.739] You are permanently stained [03:09.936] Your weakness buys indifference [03:12.335] And indiscretion in the streets [03:15.518] Dirty's what you are [03:16.654] And clean is what you're not [03:17.866] You deserve to be soundly beat [03:21.895] Make the sacrifice [03:24.371] Take it all the way [03:26.686] There's no "won't" high enough [03:29.247] To stop this desperate day [03:31.849] Don't take death away [03:34.158] Cut the finger at the joint [03:36.448] Cut the stallion at his mount [03:38.979] And stuff it in his mouth