Lyrics
The gates open for the ailing victim
The entrance is open for the suffering patient.
The suits have prepared your room
The authorities have prepared a room for you.
The straightest of jackets are pressed
Specially designed straitjackets are ready to be worn.
To free you from the things you knew
To liberate you from your familiar surroundings.
Stagnant blood demands the leech
Stagnant blood calls for the leech's intervention.
So bind antiquity's remedy
So embrace the ancient remedy.
A cross compounded into skull
A cross melded into a skull, a protective symbol.
Worn to keep the ghosts at bay
Worn to ward off lingering spirits or troubles.
Mercurian cure - a lethal dose of liquid sunshine
A cure with the essence of Mercury, a deadly dose of liquid sunlight.
Sadness woven in to cruelty's bouquet
Sadness intricately woven into the bouquet of cruelty.
And the surgeon's wishes for your stay will be obeyed
The surgeon's desires for your confinement will be followed.
Ice pick in hand and prefrontal destination
Holding an ice pick, targeting the prefrontal region.
Relinquishment of personality
Voluntarily surrendering one's identity.
And your mind's contamination
Dealing with contamination of the mind.
Mercurian cure - a lethal dose of liquid sunshine
Another reference to the lethal Mercury cure.
Sadness woven in to cruelty's bouquet
Reiteration of sadness intertwined with cruelty.
And the surgeon's wishes for your stay
Continuation of the surgeon's control over your stay.
Laced with quicksilver martyrdom
Infused with quicksilver martyrdom, suggesting sacrifice.
Now child take your medicine
Advice to the listener to accept the prescribed remedy.
Alleviate that which ails you
To relieve yourself from what afflicts you.
Must you suffer through the ache of life?
Pondering whether enduring the pain of life is necessary.
Fair warning
A cautionary statement about the cost of avoiding torment.
The abnegation of torment comes at a price
The rejection of suffering comes with a price.
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