La Parabola Dei Battagghi

Vespers that give harmony
To the chimes of the clowns
Instill unnoticed glories of injured obviousness
Scanning with irony
A clang of cowbells
Clear mysteries for those who grope without age

Come and listen with me
The Parable of the Batagghi
A climb purged of seductive darkness
Of debris that sails away
From the regurgitation of the Battaghi
Empty honors that enlist semblances of honesty

Nurses of convenience
Alienating flattery
They sweat contrite along a weight to fidelity
Paying for an abstinence
In concealing dismay
Mirror unwelcome to an appearance ascended to charity

Come and listen with me
The Parable of the Batagghi
A climb purged of seductive darkness
Of debris that sails away
From the regurgitation of the Battaghi
Empty honors that enlist semblances of honesty

(Hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei)
(Hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei)
(Yes)

I give you madness
To lay bare the honor
Of those who weave dark songs about crafty beauties
Disliked for irony
To stay on a bed for hours
Which paints with ungraspable fertility ages

Come and listen with me
The Parable of the Batagghi
A climb purged of seductive darkness
Of debris that sails away
From the regurgitation of the Battaghi
Empty honors that enlist semblances of honesty

A climb purged of seductive darkness
Empty honors that enlist semblances of honesty

(Hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei)
(Hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei hei)
(Yes)