"The Hollow" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) Run desire, run sexual being, run him like a blade to and through the heart No conscience, one motive, cater to the hollow, screaming feed me here Fill me up again, temporarily pacify this hungering So grow libido throw dominoes of indiscretions down Falling all around in cycles, in circles, constantly consuming Conquer and devour, cause it's time to bring the fire down Bridle all this indiscretion long enough to edify and permanently fill this hollow Screaming feed me here, fill me up again, temporarily pacifying Feed me here, fill me up again, temporarily pacifying "Magdelena" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013) Overcome by your moving temple, overcome by this holiest of altars So pure, so rare to witness such an earthly goddess that I've lost my self control Beyond compelled to throw this dollar down before your holiest of altars I'd sell my soul, my self-esteem a dollar at a time One chance, one kiss, one taste of you my magdalena I bear witness to this place, this prayer, so long forgotten So pure, so rare to witness such an earthly goddess That I'd sell my soul, my self-esteem a dollar at a time For one chance, one kiss, one taste of you my black madonna I'd sell my soul, my self-esteem a dollar at a time One taste, one taste, one taste of you my Magdalena "Rose" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) Don't disturb rhe beast, the tempermental goat, the snail while he's feeding on the Rose Stay frozen, compromising, what I will, I am, bend around the wind silently thrown about Again I'm treading so soft and lightly compromising my will, I am, I am, I will So no longer will I lay down, play dead Play your doe in the headlights locked down and terrified Your deer in the headlights shot down and horrified when push comes to pull comes to shove Comes to step around this self-destructing dance that never would've ended till I Rose I roared aloud here I will, I am, I am, I will So no longer will I lay down, lay dead Play this kneel down, gun-shy martyr pitiful I rose, I roared, I will, I am "Judith" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013) You're such an inspiration for the ways that I'll never ever choose to be Oh so many ways for me to show you how the savior has abandoned you Fuck your God, your Lord, and your Christ He did this, took all you had and left you this way Still you pray, you never stray, never taste of the fruit You never thought to question why, it's not like you killed someone It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side Praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed He did it all for you, He did it all for you Oh so many many ways for me to show you how your dogma has abandoned you Pray to your Christ, to your god, never taste of the fruit Never stray, never break, never - choke on a lie Even though He's the one who did this to you, you never thought to question why Not like you killed someone, it's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why He did it all for you Did it all for you, He did it all for you "Orestes" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) Metaphor for a missing moment, pull me into your perfect circle One womb, one shape, one resolve, liberate this will to release us all Gotta cut away, clear away, snip away and sever this umbilical residue That's keeping me from killing you and from pulling you down with me in here I can almost hear you scream Give me one more medicated peaceful moment, one more medicated peaceful moment And I don't wanna feel this overwhelming hostility Because I don't wanna feel this overwhelming hostility Gotta cut away, clear away, snip away and sever this umbilical residue Gotta cut away, clear away, snip away and sever this umbilical residue That's keeping me from killing you, keeping me from killing you "3 Libras" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back A name in your recollection down among a million Say difficult enough to feel a little bit disappointed, passed over When I've looked right through, to see you naked and oblivious and you don't see me Well I threw you the obvious, just to see if there's more behind the eyes of a fallen angel Eyes of a tragedy Here I am expecting just a little bit too much from the wounded But I see, see through it all, see through, and see you So I threw you the obvious, do you see what occurs behind the eyes of a fallen angel Eyes of a tragedy Well, oh well...apparently nothing, apparently nothing at all You don't, you don't, you don't see me, you don't, you don't, you don't see me You don't, you don't, you don't see me, you don't, you don't, you don't see me at all "Sleeping Beauty" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013) Delusional I believe, I can cure it all for you, dear Coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you Make it right for you sleeping beauty, truly thought I can magically heal you You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening, failing miserably to rescue Sleeping Beauty Drunk on ego, truly thought I could make it right if I kissed you one more time To help you face the nightmare But you're far too poisoned for me, such a fool to think that I can wake you from your slumber That I could actually heal you...Sleeping Beauty, poisoned and hopeless You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening Failing miserably to find a way to comfort you Far beyond a visible sign of your awakening and hiding from some poisoned memory Poisoned and hopeless Sleeping Beauty "Thomas" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013) Humble and helpless, learning to pray Praying for visions to show me the way, show me the way to forgive you Allow me to let it go, allow me to be forgiven Show me the way to let go, show me the way to forgive you Allow me to let it go, allow me to be forgiven Show me the way to let go, illuminate me, illuminate me, illuminate me I'm just praying for you to show me where I'm to begin, hoping to, hoping to reconnect to you "Renholder" m. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013) "Thinking of You" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013) Lying all alone and restless, unable to lose this image sleepless Unable to focus on anything but your surrender Tugging a rhythm to the vision that's in my head, tugging a beat to the sight of you lying So delighted with a new understanding, something about a little evil That makes that unmistakable noise I was hearing, unmistakable sound that I know so well Spent and sighing with a look in your eye, spent and sighing with a look on your face Like sweet revelation, sweet surrender, sweet, sweet surrender, surrender... Tugging a rhythm to the vision that's in my head, tugging a beat to the sight of you lying So delighted with a new understanding, something about a little evil That makes that unmistakable noise, I was hearing, unmistakable sound that I know so well Spent and sighing with a look in your eye, spent and sighing with a look on your face Like sweet revelation, sweet surrendering, sweet revelation, sweet Thinking of you, thinking, thinking of you, thinking of you, thinking of you, thinking... Sweet revelation, sweet surrendering, sweet revelation "Breña" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013) My reflection wraps and pulls me under healing waters to be bathed in Breña Guides me safely in worlds I've never been to, heal me, heal me my dear Breña So vulnerable, but it's alright, heal me, heal me my dear Breña Show me lonely and show me openings to lead me closer to you my dear Breña (Feeling so) vulnerable, but it's alright Opening to...heal...opening to...heal...heal...heal...heal...heal me "Over" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Mer De Noms (2000), Mer De Noms Live (2013) Been over, been over this before, been over, and over, been over this before And over, been over this before, so over this Been over this, so over this, been over this, over this before