The Mars Volta
Dyslexicon
[Verse 1]
Nature red in tooth and claw
I haven't seemed to keep my powder dry
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
The second that I fell in love
With the handle of your revolver
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
I begged to you a second chance
With dried white roads to Bethlehem
I always seem to hear it in your laughter

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I the valency that you deny?

[Chorus]
In the time of the sixth sun
We are cattle to the prod
And I burn this dictionary
'Cause it's my dyslexicon

[Verse 2]
When I collapse and bury all the things
Unconsciously I hear cackling in chloroform
This spectre will ensnare
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
A braided strand of children's manes
Acquired with impunity
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
The things you say to me are deaf in tongue
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
[Pre-Chorus]
Am I the valency that you deny?

[Chorus]
In the time of the sixth sun
We are cattle to the prod
And I burn this dictionary
'Cause it's my dyslexicon

[Bridge 1]
You've never tasted heaven
Stood your mother filled with grief
In the wake of Monday morning
Culprit void of breath with guile

[Bridge 2]
If fate is your endearment
Through pistil and through stem
In the wake of Monday morning
A culprit void of breath with guile

[Bridge 3]
And on the seventh day
You will come to find
My prism is not colorblind
In death's mosaic spirit
A culprit void of breath with guile
[Refrain]
That's why I repent
That's why I go under
That's why I repent
That's why I go under
That's why I repent for the night

[Chorus]
In the time of the sixth sun
We are cattle to the prod
And I burn this dictionary
'Cause it's my dyslexicon
In the time of the sixth sun
We are cattle to the prod
And I burn this dictionary
'Cause it's my dyslexicon
It's my dyslexicon