Lyrics Cadejo Negro - Mamaleek

Cadejo Negro

And so the grotesque clowns wander
But unlike the prophets, they squander
In the desert over yonder
And I’ve traveled so long to sit and groan
And I’ve traveled so far to be so alone
And I’ve traveled so long to sit and groan
And I’ve traveled so far to be so alone
Just the drab furniture and the terrible thoughts that led me here
To the middle of an arid desert
One where God erected tall mountains
And once sent His missioned prophets
But now remains only deadly serpents and prickly thicket
Whose backs are beaten by a boiling star
That keeps this circus in town
I tell ya, the clowns are crying along with the children they terrorize
God damn it, God damn it!
Someone tell them the circus caravan left
The circus caravan left
And there’s no more fun to be had
The opportunity to get another bite of the apple
Amid a barren chapel
Where knees once bent for a celestial master
Who would change their forsaken lot
But I know that the desert and the mountains and the fruit and even the clowns
And serpents will bring the truth of my exile
Then finally, the oneiric pestilence will recede into
The shadows of the black cadejo
Sure as poison
Sure as the staff of Moses