Testi Tent Peg In The Temple (Road) - The Residents

Tent Peg In The Temple (Road)

He’s dead and naked\nI’m naked too\nHe’s dead and naked\nAt least I’m, I’m still wearing shoes\nOnce there was an ugly woman\nWho was told to tell the truth\nAnd so she said we needed fighters\nWho were mean but mainly lighter\nThan the metal war machinery\nThat was used to make us scream\nAnd so we gathered up an army\nAnd that was thin, but then a storm began\nAnd it was really raining\nLike some swollen lakes were draining\nInto thunderclouds and breaking\nAs our enemies were waking\nThey were stuck like legless bugs there\nIn a mucky mire of mud where\nThey were stabbed and left to squirm\nLike lost and lonely wiggle worms\nHe’s dead and naked\nI’m naked too\nHe’s dead and naked\nAt least I’m still wearing shoes\nHe’s dead and naked\nI’m naked too\nHe’s dead and naked\nAt least I’m still wearing shoes\nCautiously their leader ran\nUntil he saw me and my hand\nInviting him to come inside\nMy tent where he could safely hide\nHe was shivering and wet\nAnd so I said that I would get some clothes\nBut then his tender eyes\nReached out and made me recognize\nThis vile and evil enemy\nAs someone soft and even sweet\nConfused, I said he needed rest\nBut then somehow we were undressed\nI said I heard someone outside\nAnd rolled him in a rug and cried\nI drove a tent stake in his head\nAnd continued crying as he bled