The Word Goes Flesh

Fingermarks every hundred yards

I can't measure my size, prison records from the past

Bodies that just won't die, just won't die

A hollow tooth is me sucking up nourishment

Soaking up blood from beauty starvation

You went from plastic ID to dollar town

Now i'm asking you as judge, Can I have the first man's place

I'm up there sweating right now

But i'll take my place, I don't want to kill children

We can raise a superhuman family

I've lost the battle of a thousand shocks

Now i'm winning the war of nerves

Because the word goes flesh

The word's made flesh

The word goes flesh

The word's made flesh

And all the smart-alecks say

You've made your bed

So now lie in it

Because the word goes flesh

The word's made flesh

The word goes flesh

The word's made flesh

Cross on your hip, pistol to the baby's head

We jumped the gun to act like human beings

Being ignored is like being underwater

I'm out of town and it's urgent

I'm out of mind and it's urgent

I'll call again but not today

Kissing over the wires, I can't talk

But now I think I understand heaven

There is no message and the message is me

There is no message and the message is me