This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed

The Mars Volta

I've been waiting for so long

For someone to

Mend all the blame

Ive been searching for so long

For something to

anonymous

avenge my name

anonymous

avenge my name



you came here on time

I just hope that it's not to late

I've seen you at night

Biteing the frost of silence

Can you cure us of this fate

Mock the litany in its face

Is that you moatilliatta



I've been waiting for so long

For someone to

Mend all the blame

I've been searching for so long

For something to

Anonymous

Avenge my name

Anonymous

Avenge my name



Hex zero rouge

He'll hybernate no more

The altars run dry

Prefect dictate your final words

does it sting of augur truth

was your temple left in ruins

is that you moatilliatta



I've been waiting for so long

for someone to

mend all the blame

I've been searching for so long

For something to

Anonymous

Avenge my name

Anonymous

Avenge my name



This is the altar

The one that you let me die in

On your knees

How you wept

Much like omertta

The quiet has shielded all intent

On the ground it appears

Like wrath

Avenging the lamb as bait

In a bed of nails you made

Who made this effigy

Is there straw dressed in these fields



And now it won't be long



I've been waiting for so long

For someone to

Mend all the blame

I've been searching for so long

For something to

Anonymous

Avenge my name

Anonymous

Avenge my name