once, we were all believers and now? unchained ships at sea drunken, decadent, amoral straining to believe now, in ourselves now, in our course too stupid to be sad too numb for fear broken vessels oozing kings' blood overflowing goo of god beaming eyes aglow gold and leaden tears a-flow blind to the miracle we are negligent daughters, usurperous sons pompei, pompei, pompei satan must surely come for the cleansing for the reaping once, we were all believers