Nembutal is a trade name for pentobarbital, which is a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative. The drug is commonly used in suicides; and is also used in executions in the United States and The People’s Republic of China.
[Verse 1]
When the earth lets you go
When the verdict is vermin
By the fork in my tongue
When you run out of sermon
When sooner or later
Is still not enough
What a foul little temptress
Your daughter's become
[Chorus]
Deviate all by means in name
'Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same
Deviate by all means in name
'Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same
[Verse 2]
The night I begged you to come to me
The limp in your talk and the scent of your bleed
And still I'm not willing to let you go
You covered your wounds in a bandage of sloth
The deeper the slur that rang from her laugh
And something tells me to keep it together
How could you turn your back on me?
I've summoned the stampede of infidel feet
For all I ever wanted is all you ever flaunted
[Chorus]
Deviate by all means in name
'Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same
Deviate by all means in name
'Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same
[Refrain 1]
Vanished to fifth dementia
Cables of ringworms have hung themselves
Of this I ate (Of this I ate)
Communion shaped (Communion shaped)
Serpent rays in prism tail rainbows escape
[Refrain 2]
They sent in the necrophiliacs
Carcinogen tar turns to smoldering asp
Of this I ate (Of this I ate)
Communion shaped (Communion shaped)
Serpent rays in prism tail rainbows escape
[Refrain 3]
Read it from bottomless palindromes
Hear my request to be disowned
Of this I ate (Of this I ate)
Communion shaped (Communion shaped)
Serpent rays in prism tail rainbows escape
[Chorus]
Deviate by all means in name
'Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same
Deviate by all means in name
'Cause we all crawl in quicksand the same
Halo Of Nembutals was written by Cedric Bixler-Zavala & Omar Rodríguez-López.
Halo Of Nembutals was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.
The Mars Volta released Halo Of Nembutals on Tue Jun 23 2009.