Remember to Forget - Otep

Hush now, close your eyes

Open your mouth, swallow lies

Hush now, close your eyes

Open your mouth, swallow, swallow lies

Moth breath fluttering

He whispered to me The violence of silence

We have a terrible secret that we must never repeat

And if I do, he’ll dedicate his life to ripping me to shreds

Remember to forget

Poison crown of regret

Sucking life like funeral flies

Shadow of Oedipus

Eat the fever;

knife the eyes

Remember

To forget

To relent

To surrender

Remember

To forget

To relent

To surrender

I hope you die like swine surrounded by starving dogs

I’m stained by your sin like the blood-soaked boards of the cross

Between the Devil and the deep sea, you’ll find me Dreaming evil endlessly, aroused by life’s fantasies

What do you do when dreams come true and it’s all so ordinary?

Stitch the wounds of complacency and hide your eyes from reality?

I am the shape of a God lifting up the sky

Remember

To forget

To relent

To surrender

Remember

To forget

To relent

To surrender

Insurrection

INSURRECTION

I kicked you out of bed

Stabbed knives into the walls

Poured gas over your head

Struck a match in the hall

This will remind you

This will remind you

This will remind you the burden we carry

This will remind you

This will remind you

This will remind you the razors are ready

Room after room I hunt the darkened world for you

Casket black, dried and cracked, ashes among the dunes

But I’ve gone blind in time to lose you to the dark

Now I’m immune to you and your whorish heart

Hush now close your eyes

Open your mouth, swallow lies

Hush now you’re all mine

Close your eyes, close your eyes

Remember

To forget

To relent

To surrender

Remember

To forget

To relent

To surrender