Among all of God's creatures it is only men who kill With the venom strong enough to melt the fool upon the hill Who is eager just to watch and offer intimate advice As he slips into the liquid of his own self sacrifice Among all of God's creatures it is only men who seize Upon friendship and devotion as if they were the disease To be cured and violated, white-washed and despised Never wondering why the heart is growing black and oversized Among all of God's creatures it is only men who lie With the energy of lava oozing up into the sky Spreading rivers of regret as dark and cold as outer-space And as infinite in madness as the beauty of the chase Among all of God's creatures it is only men who trust In the devil and his robin to deliver what is just From the hand of he who suffers to the handshake of the thief As the ashes of indifference incinerate our sleep Among all of God's creatures it is only men who cry And one day when I'm ancient I will look at you and sigh As I sink into the places where I'll wish I could've been As I slip beneath the surface of your soft and wrinkled skin