This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Fearful and numb, I now can accept
Deceit and dependency are my preeminent assets
Defined
(Defined)
A word etched in skin
Sweet host
(Sweet host)
I'll feast within
Oh, how one taste will haunt the senses and my dreams
I fiend the touch of your flesh, a lust which brings us no end
Dissolution quenched on fleeting hands, on fleeting hands
Drowning myself in seas of compromise
Fair ladies and harlots submerge with this sinking ship
Black urge
(Black urge)
I swore to dismiss
Your minions
(Minions)
Keeps on starving
Oh, how one taste will haunt the senses and my dreams
I fiend the touch of your flesh, a lust which brings us no end
Dissolution quenched on fleeting hands
One dip of impure blood has left a bitter taste
Pending a lust which brings us closer to false heaven
Oh, how one taste
(One taste)
Will haunt the senses and my dreams
I fiend the touch of your flesh, a lust which brings us no end
Dissolution quenched on fleeting hands, fleeting hands
Oh, how one taste
(One taste)
Will haunt the senses and my dreams
I fiend the touch of your flesh, a lust which brings us no end
Dissolution quenched on fleeting hands, on fleeting hands
Deceit and dependency are my preeminent assets
Defined
(Defined)
A word etched in skin
Sweet host
(Sweet host)
I'll feast within
Oh, how one taste will haunt the senses and my dreams
I fiend the touch of your flesh, a lust which brings us no end
Dissolution quenched on fleeting hands, on fleeting hands
Drowning myself in seas of compromise
Fair ladies and harlots submerge with this sinking ship
Black urge
(Black urge)
I swore to dismiss
Your minions
(Minions)
Keeps on starving
Oh, how one taste will haunt the senses and my dreams
I fiend the touch of your flesh, a lust which brings us no end
Dissolution quenched on fleeting hands
One dip of impure blood has left a bitter taste
Pending a lust which brings us closer to false heaven
Oh, how one taste
(One taste)
Will haunt the senses and my dreams
I fiend the touch of your flesh, a lust which brings us no end
Dissolution quenched on fleeting hands, fleeting hands
Oh, how one taste
(One taste)
Will haunt the senses and my dreams
I fiend the touch of your flesh, a lust which brings us no end
Dissolution quenched on fleeting hands, on fleeting hands
Lyrics submitted by (shevanel)
A Port in Any Storm Lyrics as written by Michael William Hatalak Christopher James Cappelli
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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