The Blue Mask Lyrics by Lou Reed

The Blue Mask Lyrics

    They tied his arms behind his back
    To teach him how to swim
    They put blood in his coffee
    And milk in his gin
    They stood over the soldier
    In the midst of the squalor
    There was war in his body
    And it caused his brain to holler

    Make the sacrifice
    Mutilate my face
    If you need someone to kill
    I'm a man without a will
    Wash the razor in the rain
    Let me luxuriate in pain
    Please don't set me free
    Death means a lot to me

    The pain was lean and it made him scream
    He knew he was alive
    He put a pin through the nipples on his chest
    He thought he was a saint
    I've made love to my mother, killed my father and brother
    What am i to do
    When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car
    It cannot be controlled

    Spit upon his face and scream
    There's no oedipus today
    This is no play you're thinking you are in
    What will you say
    Take the blue mask down from my face
    And look me in the eye
    I get a thrill from punishment
    I've always been that way

    I loathe and despise repentance
    You are permanently stained
    Your weakness buys indifference
    And indiscretion in the streets
    Dirty's what you are and clean is what you're not
    You deserve to be soundly beat

    Make the sacrifice
    Take it all the way
    There's no "won't" high enough
    To stop this desperate day
    Don't take death away
    Cut the finger at the joint
    Cut the stallion at his mount
    And stuff it in his mouth

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