The Mars Volta
Askepios
[Verse 1]
I'll be there waiting
With the hook in your neck as the contact you've made
Deficient

[Chorus]
And your hand will break
If you touch this fence
Please them 'til they're blind with cleft lens

[Instrumental Break]

[Interlude]
What have you brought for my appetite?
What have you brought for my appetite?
Oh

[Verse 2]
I'll never perish
With the albino horns of a thousand young born
Will you drink from the depths of my sea?

[Chorus]
And your hand will break
If you touch this fence
Please them 'til they're blind with cleft lens
[Instrumental Break]

[Interlude]
What have you brought for my appetite?
What have you brought for my appetite?
Oh

[Bridge 1]
I might not make it back again
The vervain is on the rise
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe
Got to open wide, got to open wide

[Pre-Refrain]
The might of a serpent swallowing tail
Cycle recycled and I'm next to nothin'
I said

[Refrain]
"Help me come alive"
"Help me come alive"
"Help me come alive"
"Help me come alive"

[Bridge 2]
Place your ring finger on this debt
Am I livin' or am I dead?
Do what thou wilt, tell them what I've found
The steps of a ladder from a diamondback's mouth
I said
[Refrain]
"Help me come alive"
"Help me come alive"
"Help me come alive"
"Help me come alive"
"Help me come alive"
"Help me come alive"

[Outro]
I ain't gonna hold my breath
I ain't gonna hold my breath