The bulb flashes We are nude In the most important photograph ever taken Frozen in time Before the mirror of the void Gla** eyes are breaking The aperture opens Shutter flaps flutter out light Like blinding doves Against the backdrop of the burnt carca** of the phoenix Consciousness is rising Heaven goes silent Rain comes Full of mystery and nostalgia Lucifer At work in the world Beating down On familiar corners In summer we left New York penniless I gathered stoned from the vineyard You took clay from the cliffs I'll make a deal with you The angel never attacks You die first Go towards the light