ERIATARKA
As recorded by The Mars Volta
(From the 2003 Album DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM)



[Intro]
         
   


[Verse 1]
         
And there are 

            
those who hadn

              
't found the s

           
peaking so wro

ng
      
Is it wrong?
          
Of Pavlov lore

, they ran ram

pant through t

he floors
             
Is this wrong?

          
 Feels so wron


g
              
Happened on a 


respirator, in

 the basement
             
Are they gone,

          
 are they gone


?


[Pre-Chorus]

Strung the sla

ng of a gallow

s bird
      
Rationed a dea

           
d letter pure
       
Oh, oh

   
        


[Chorus]

Track-marked a

moeba lands cr

aft

Cartwheel of s

cratches
              
Dress the tape

            
worm as pet

Tentacles smir

k, please

Flinched the c

ocooned meat
            
Infra-recon fo

        
rgets


[Guitar Solo]
      
      



[Verse 2]
              
Now there are 


those who find

 comfort in th

e breathing wr

ong
   
Is it wrong?
              
It houses the 


watchful eyes
              
Panting in a p

          
attern in drov

es
         
Are they gone?
              
Happened on a 


respirator, in

 the basement
             
Is it gone, ar

       
e they gone?


[Pre-Chorus]

Strung the sla

ng of a gallow

s bird
      
Rationed a dea

           
d letter pure
       
Oh, oh





[Chorus]

Track-marked a

moeba lands cr

aft

Cartwheel of s

cratches
              
Dress the tape

            
worm as pet

Tentacles smir

k, please

Flinched the c

ocooned meat
              
Infra-recon fo

  
rgets


[Interlude]
      


[Bridge]
           
Evaporated the

           
 fur because i

  
t covers them
            
If you only kn

           
ew the plans t

               
hey had for us
              
Evaporated the

           
 fur because i

  
t covers them
            
If you only kn

           
ew the plans t

              
hey had for us
            
They used to h

           
ave pulses in 

them
           
But impulse ha

             
s made them st

    
rong

They used to h

ave pulses in 

them
           
But impulse ha

              
s made them st

    
rong
              
Evaporated the

           
 fur because i

  
t covers them
            
If you only kn

              
ew the plans t

               
hey had for us


[Interlude]
           


[Chorus]

Track-marked a

moeba lands cr

aft

Cartwheel of s

cratches
              
Dress the tape

            
worm as pet

Tentacles smir

k, please

Flinched the c

ocooned meat
              
Infra-recon fo

        
rgets


[Post-Chorus]

Gotta be a way

 of getting ou

t
            
Are you just g


rowing old?

Track-marked a

moeba lands cr

aft

Cartwheel of s

cratches
              
Dress the tape

          
worm as pet


[Outro]
       
  N.C.