Gomorrah - Perfection Dies lyrics

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Even beauty must die:<br />

That which subdues both gods and mortals<br />

Leaves the steely breast of the stygian Zeus untouched<br />

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As I wake I hear these words in my mind<br />

Their meaning is one that I cannot find<br />

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My head it pounds with a tempered thought<br />

Did my eyes betray that which I sought?<br />

What was his gift for I can't ignore<br />

The question posed now as before<br />

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Once and once only did love soften the lords of the shadow<br />

Then, on the very threshold, he sternly revoked his gift<br />

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What was his gift for I can't ignore<br />

The question posed now as before<br />

I can't begin to realise<br />

That I'm the one to which they empathise<br />

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Aphrodite herself has no power<br />

To assuage the hurt of her lover<br />

His tender flesh ripped by the cruel boar<br />

Nor can the godlike hero be saved, deathless mother<br />

At the Scaean gate when, falling, he achieves his date<br />

She rises out of the sea<br />

With all the daughters of Nereus<br />

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And the mourning begins for her glorious son<br />

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All good things must come to pas, too soon<br />

Perfection dies<br />

Trusting vanity, fading<br />

Perfection dies<br />

Look back, the mirror shows, Narsus<br />

Perfection dies<br />

Grieving for what I lost, slowly<br />

Perfection dies<br />

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See! Where the gods are weeping<br />

And the goddesses, all of them<br />

Weeping that beauty passes<br />

Perfection will always die<br />

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Good, a lament in the mouths of loved ones<br />

What is common goes to Orcus unsung<br />

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And the mourning begins for her glorious son... <br />

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All good things must come to pas, too soon<br />

Perfection dies<br />

Trusting vanity, fading<br />

Perfection dies<br />

Look back, the mirror shows, Narsus<br />

Perfection dies<br />

Grieving for what I lost, slowly<br />

Perfection dies