BEGGARS AT THE GATES

STOPLIGHTS SWINGING STARK, RUSTY SHOPPING CARTS,
OLD MEN IN THE PARK, STRUGGLE AFTTER
NIGHT IS COMING FAST, IT BREAKS LIKE CRYSTAL GLASS
EATS THE STRONGEST LAST, OR DOES IT MATTER?

DARKNESS SERPENTS DOWN, STRANGLING THE CROWN
PAINTS FACES ON THE CLOWN, TO PLEASE ITS MASTER

TRAFFIC BREAKS AND GOES, BELOW THE RUMBLE GROWS
AN ANCIENT LAVA FLOWS, RAGING FASTER

SMALL MAN AND HIS GUN, EATS BEATLES ONE BY ONE
THE RANDOM CHOSEN ONE, KEEPS THE LAUGHTER

HEY THERE, CAN’T YOU SEE? YOU’RE BUSTED AT THE KNEE
A BROKEN TRAVESTY, WAITS AT THE BANISTER

SO, COME NOW BRING YOUR FRIENDS. THE PARTY NEVER ENDS
NO NEED NOW TO PRETEND. YOU’LL SOON BE ALABASTER

THE GREAT BEAST SLOUCHES ON, TOWARD BABYLON
DELIVERING ITS SPAWN, FOREVER AFTER