The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
[Verse 1]
My anguish told you
A persistent lie
The parasitic psychics that you push by wheel
Were spoken to me every time
[Chorus]
And like a charlatan
You counterfeit the vessels through flesh and time
These pacts we keep in secret
Drinking from a well that was cured by drought
[Verse 2]
My torment adores you
When my strings are tied
Out of compulsion I must decimate
The sapless embryonic miles
[Chorus]
And like a charlatan
You counterfeit the vessels through flesh and time
These pacts we keep in secret
Drinking from a well that was cured by drought
[Bridge]
My knives are burrowed voices
Glistened by the handles so they won't let go
These limbs are idle creatures
Extensions of a spirit that is not controlled
My heart is trapped inside
And I refuse to accept this throne
[Verse 3]
My night's unfolding
Reads like a page of test results
This sterile codex
Is missing all my last resolve
[Chorus]
And like a charlatan
You counterfeit the vessels through flesh and time
These pacts we keep in secret
Drinking from a well that was cured by drought
And like a charlatan
You counterfeit the vessels through flesh and time
These pacts we keep in secret
Drinking from a well that was cured by drought
Imago was written by Cedric Bixler-Zavala & Omar Rodríguez-López.
Imago was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.
The Mars Volta released Imago on Mon Mar 26 2012.
Cedric Bixler-Zavala spoke about the song in the official ‘Track by Track’ video uploaded to YouTube on April 27, 2012:
It’s one of the more song-orientated ones. A bit softer, started off acoustic and then all these treatments later it became this hybrid sort of pop song, so it’s kind of like wher...