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produced by: omar a rodriguez-lopezmixed by: rich costeymusic written and directed by: omar a rodriguez-lopezvocals and lyrics written by: cedric bixler zavalapublished by: hija de lola (ascap), amputekthure (ascap), emi april music incengineered by: jon debaun, omar a rodriguez-lopez, andrew scheps, dave schiffmanat the following locations:373 ewingsdale, byron bay, australia6540 matilija, van nuys, california 291 south lake street, burbank, california3400 eagle rock blvd, los angeles, california 453 mario julia industrial park, san juan, puerto rico5161 north cartwright ave, n hollywood, california3222 los feliz blvd, los angeles, california 441 w. 53rd street, new york city, new yorkassisted by: claudius mittendorfer, paul pilsneniksmixed at: avatar studios in new york citymastered by: howie weinbergassisted by: roger lianmastered at masterdiska+r: gary gershmanaged by: samcaretaker of monkey island: kristen elizabeth welshcover by storm: thorgerson, peter curzon and dan abbott, with bill thorgersonphotography: by rupert truman, storm thorgerson and peter curzon

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MIRANDA THAT GHOST JUST ISN’T HOLY ANYMORE

A. VADE MECUMB. POUR ANOTHER ICEPICK C. PISACIS (PHRA-MEN-MA) D. CON SAFO

the nest they made couldn’t break you

ve always wanted to eat glass with you again but inever knew how how to talk without walls dropping

on the eve along the fallen scowled a fence of beaks but the temple isscathing through your veins they were scaling through an ice pick of abcess rekoning and when miranda sangeveryone turned away used to the noose they obey andwhoever said that they would scatter separating themother from child she can bat a broken eyelid rainingmaggots from it’s sty and with the traces that she leavesshe will skin you out alive all the children go grindingtheir jaws the sweet smell of their toothless canals andthe damn she will break, make an ocean from this lake as they siphon off all of our blood and when miranda sang everyone turned away used to the noose the obey

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i’ll never sleep alone

THE WIDOW

e’s got fasting black lungs made of clove splintered shardes they’re the kind that will talkthrough a weezing of coughs and i hear him every night in every pore and every time

he just makes me warm freeze without an answer free from all the shame must i hide cuz look at how they flock to him from an isle of open sores he knows

that the taste is such such to die for and i hear him every night on every street the scales that do slither deliver me from… freeze without an answer free from all the shame then i’ll hide cuz i’ll never never sleep alone oh lord said i’m bloodshot for sure pale runs theghost swollen on the shore everynight in every pore the scales that do slither deliver me from…freeze without an answer free from all the shame then i’ll hide cuz i’ll never never sleep alone

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talons scratch my suite

i’ll peel back all of my skin

CASSANDRA GEMINNIA. TARANTISM B. PLANT A NAIL IN THE NAVEL STREAM C. FAMINEPULSED. MULTIPLE SPOUSE WOUNDS E. SARCOPHAGI

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joining the band for selected moments are:larry harlow (piano and treated clavinet on l’ via and cassandra)john frusciante (first 2 gtr solos on l’ via)flea (trumpet and trumpet solos on the widow and miranda that ghost just isn’t holy anymore)lenny castro (added percussion on all tracks)adrian terrazas (tenor saxophone and flute on cassandra)flea and jon frusciante appear courtesy of warner brothers recordsstrings and horns written by omar a rodriguez-lopez and david campbellstrings and horns arranged and conducted by david campbell

violins:fernando morenoerick hernandezdiego casillasernesto molinajoel derouinroberto canimario de leonpeter kentjosefina vergara

trumpets:salvador (chava) hernandezwayne bergerontuba: randy jonescello: larry corbettsuzie katayamapiano: roger manningtrombone: nicholas lane bass trombone: william reichenbachthe coqui of puerto rico

i won’t forget who i’m looking for

L’ VIA L’ VIAQUEZ

via hija de miranda tu apellido se cambio l’ via sin ojos me quieres dar una historia sin mi madre solo tengo que desirte el dolor de la noche dice solo se quedo el vestido

le lave la sangre l’ via no dejes de descansar en la calle caminas quien te va a perseguirl’ via te quieren matar dientes de machete cabezas de gallo l’ via durmiendo en paz abrelos ojos todo cambiara l’ via sonado de venganza y yo te juro lo van a pagar blackmailed,she fell off every mountain the ones they tightly wrapped in tape in her eraser sang theguilty as it made the best mistakes and with everybody that i find and with every clamorthat they mine i won’t forget who i’m looking for oh mother help me i’m looking for l’ viahija de miranda tu apellido se cambio l’ via sin ojos me quieres dar una sin mi madre solo tengo que desirte el dolor de noche dice solo se quedo el vistido le lave la sangreblackmailed, she fell off every mountain the ones they tightly wrapped in tape in her erasersang the guilty as it made the best mistakes and with everybody that i find and with everyclamor that they mine i won’t forget who i’m looking for oh mother help me i’m looking forsolo tengo uno hora y me duermo terminado por veinte y cinco anos pasaron siguen loscuerpos aqui temblando tome la sangre comi el cuerpo mis lagrimas quiebra el espejowhen all the worms come crawlin out of your head telling you don’t be afraid when all theworms come crawlin out of your head telling you don’t be afraid when all the worms comecrawlin out of your head telling you don’t be afraid when all the worms come crawlin out of your head telling you don’t be afraid blackmailed she fell off every mountain the onesthey tightly wrapped in tape in her eraser sang the guilty as it made the best mistakesshark kites got tangled in the moleskin urgent plea of escape a mouth to mouth on thechalkboard written in fingernail distaste and with everybody that i find and with every clamor that they mine oh mother help me i’m looking for

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he ocean floor is hidden from your viewing lens a depth perception languished in the night all my life, i’ve been sewing the wounds but the seeds sprout a lachrymal

cloud niño o preparate que vas sufrir niño prepárate salte veneno niño prepárate salte deaquí niño prepárate labios temblando niño prepárate salte veneno niño prepárate saltede aquí niño prepárate brincan los cuerpos vas a sufrir my nails peel back when thetaxidermist ruined goose stepped the freckling impatience all the brittle tombs fivehundred little q’s i’m splitting hairs to match the faces all night long i’ll hunt for you letme show you what i mean sangre sonando de rabia nací now this train don’t lie an abortion that survived a lineage of bastard mastacation all the severed proof

these are the feathers that replace them all night i’ll hunt for you let me show you what i mean sangre sonando de rabia nací who do you trust will they feed us thewomb chrome the fetal mirage will they feed us the womb i found the remnants of acrescent fang it cleaned my wing down to the bone umbilical syllables left to decodethere was no cradle i can taste it come on now all night i’ll hunt for you let me show youwhat i mean sangre sonando de rabia nací who do you trust will they feed us the wombchrome the fetal mirage will they feed us the womb bring me this plague she took a drinkthose nicotine stains on his every word my scavenger quilt will only hide the truth bringme bring me this plague i count the days to find what was left behind only these names iclutch will lead me to my home somehow this river marks a wrinkle hand in mine andeveryday that parts the water into two mothers and feathers start to drown the living proofi can’t remember these lakes of blood wrapped in a blanket there sweats a cut who do you trust will they feed us the womb chrome the fetal mirage will they feed us the womb

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think i’ve become like one of the others i think i’ve become like one of the others i think i’ve becomelike one of the others there was a frail syrup dripping off his lap danced lapel puntcuated by her

decrepit prowl she washed down the hatching gizzard soft as a mane of needles his orifice icicleshemmoraged by combing her torso to a pile perspired the trophy shelves made room for his collapseshe was a mink handjob in sarcophagus heels bring me to my knees read the sharpened lines all myarms bled me blind faucet leaks in the shadows spilling from morgue lancet caressed your fontanelsi’ve sworn to kill every last one every last one panic in the shakes of the wounded panic in the wormsonto the floor and out of your mouth out of your eyelids no there’s no light in the darkest of your furthestreaches no there’s no light in the darkest of your furthest reaches all your dreams splintered off leechby leech on this catafalque anyone will tell you yes anyone chance had me setting a trip wire alarmyour mother flirted with disease when she skinned that costume by it’s navel strings panic in the shakesof the wounded panic in the worms onto the floor and out of your mouth out of your eyelids no there’sno light in the darkest of your furthest reaches no there’s no light in the darkest of your furthest reachesno there’s no light in the darkest of your furthest reaches shock lest shackles free you volt face consabandon you again i won’t feel not this time brick by brick the night eclipsed pricked by cuticle thornsdried the sleep on nursery slits into this life i’m born heaven’s just a scab away i’d like to see you afterjust one taste sink your teeth into the flesh of midnight night forever more let them see it has begun theothers i’ve become if you should see the dice charmed with it’s snaked choked eyes you’ll wear thewidows weeds because they’re just your size behind the snail secretion leaves a dry heave that absorbsa limbless procreation let the infant crawled deformed a bag replaced the breath of these suffocatingsheets and now when the craving calls i’ll scratch my itchy teeth come on and sing it now sink yourteeth into the flesh of midnight night forever more sink your teeth into the flesh of midnight night forevermore she fell for the whispers sister flooded deaf tears that night tore a river in her baron womb mirrorand his multiple sons with their mandible tongues set crucified fires to petrified homes…let it burn andthe owls they were watching and the owls didn’t care then the owls came a knocking placenta in theirstares they will feed on all the carnage leftover from the flood and in the corner of their eyes fled sisterl’ via now the pieces went floating reflecting all at dusk conceived from the stabbing was vismundcygnus twenty five wives in the lake tonight raw bark in the water of marble shrine twenty five snakespour out your eyes yeah the icepicks cumming on the marble shrine twenty five wives in the laketonight raw bark in the water of the marble shrine twenty five snakes pour out your eyes twenty fivewives in the lake tonight raw bark in the water of marble shrine twenty five snakes pour out your eyesyeah the ice picks cumming on the marble shrine twenty five wives in the lake tonight raw bark in thewater of marble shrine twenty five snakes pour out your eyes twenty five snakes are drowning you can’tbend your crooked arms or fold your punctured proof the air is growing cold and there’s nothing youcan do soon there’ll be no gauze inside the confessional only rows of crows defrocking every breathand one day you’ll remember behind the melting cones you always had a family in the burial of your home

peel back and let it all run brick by brick the night eclipsed pricked by the cuticle thorns dried in the sleep on nursery slits into this life i’m born heavens just a scab away i’d liketo see you after just one taste sink your teeth into the flesh of midnight night forever more let them seeit has begun the others i’ve become no there’s no light in the darkest of your furthest reaches no there’sno light no there’s no time you ain’t got nothing your life was just a lie

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F R A N C E S T H E M U T E

CYGNUS....VISMUND CYGNUSA. SARCOPHAGIB. UMBILICAL SYLLABLES C. FACILIS DESCENUS AVERNI D. CON SAFO

THE WIDOW

L’ VIA L’ VIAQUEZ

MIRANDA THAT GHOST JUST ISN’T HOLY ANYMORE A. VADE MECUMB. POUR ANOTHER ICEPICK C. PISACIS (PHRA-MEN-MA) D. CON SAFO

CASSANDRA GEMINNIA. TARANTISM B. PLANT A NAIL IN THE NAVEL STREAM C. FAMINEPULSED. MULTIPLE SPOUSE WOUNDS E. SARCOPHAGI

produced by: omar a rodriguez-lopezmixed by: rich costey

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p &© 2005 The Mars Volta, Licensed exclusively to Universal Records, a Division ofUMG Recordings, Inc. 1755 Broadway, New York,NY 10019. Distributed by Universal Music &Video Distribution Corp. All rights reserved.FBI Anti-Piracy Warning: Unauthorizedduplication is a violation of applicable laws.