Desert rat cry me wolf Shedding skin upon you lips I pray For the love of madness For the hand that takes the grip And we close our eyes To forgive and forget And we close our eyes To forgive and forget With bated breath for the kingdom come With bated breath for the kingdom come I build myself a brave asylum And ask all the madmen to play host And when the colors all fade away It's time for us to give the ghost Give up the ghost And we close our eyes To dream a while And we close our eyes To dream a while Dream a while With bated breath for the kingdom come With bated breath for the kingdom come And while we're talking in tongues Of animal behavior With a flick of the wrist you could've broken my heat And done yourself a favor And I cry in the heat For the promised and given The hand I once would trust Now for the love of heaven You won't see me See me for dust And we close our eye's To love again And we close our eyes To love again Love again With bated breath for the kingdom come With bated breath for the kingdom come With bated breath for the kingdom come With bated breath for the kingdom come