Day of the Baphomets

“Day of the Baphomets” is a song by The Mars Volta from the release Amputechture (2006). It has been performed live 77 times, between 2006 and 2008. Its live debut was at Catalyst, Santa Cruz, California, United States. Full lyrics are documented below.

77 times played 3% of shows

2006 live debut Aug 7, 2006

1,611 shows since last played last: Mar 8, 2008

Has opened 3 shows and closed 68; it usually lands late in the set.

Most often follows Viscera Eyes (32×), Meccamputechture (18×) or Aberinkula (7×); most often flows into The Widow (4×) or Vermicide (4×).

Appears on

Amputechture The Mars Volta 2006

Lyrics

sawing off the pavement
repenting their past lives
might i be the only payment left
to be left behind
clay and pigment footsteps
rust it boiling clean
our bull let in linguistics
that only we can breathe

i gotta prayer that’ll make you theirs now
beneath sepulchers
raise your entrails as an offer

fondling with pitchforks
in a cattle prodded sea
signaling the sedatives
to emaciate their queen
bowing in constriction
anytime you leave
we snuffed ourselves an angel
and cut her by the wings

i gotta prayer that’ll make you theirs now
beneath sepulchers
raise your entrails as an offer

in my sight

i was born
to bring death at the footsteps of your home
tonight
i have sewn
all the hair and crooked nails
that you all have worn
while your wife
sits at home
i plant the vermin
because she needs it so

how long must we fold by hand
the nuns are burning wheels again
dent of mattress to make it bare
come clean with the anecdote
after all we came undone
pale of sluts with host at fault
one day we won’t pay your debt
our centipedes will get theirs yet

poachers in your home
poachers in your home

fold the river by the lips
as a cruel and smothered wind
fits the gash with ornaments
dawn is nodding off again
raised the braille to read it clear
gathered by the cholera
rinse the burns in cauldrons
help the palm we see a lens
my hands secrete a monument
my hands secrete a monument

i am the reason
four your missing child
they might be home
but there’s no trace
under your pillow
i have left a spine
oh the things we do
when you’re away
i saw the message
that you wrote in the sand
dismembered hints that carve away
the anesthetic of your gospel said
put a muzzle on the lamb

give me one page
give me one page
make it blank
mace that i leak
will rain
give me one page
give me one page
make it blank
race i inflict
your way

maybe one day you’ll stop and realize
the throne that you serve is dead

give me a plague
give me a plague
make it blank
nothing you own is safe

Notes

Lyrics from the verses of Day of the Baphomets were originally used in the song A Plague Upon Your Hissing.

Videos

AmputechtureWatch on YouTube ↗

Studio & Official(1)

Live Videos(11)

Performance History (77)

Date	Venue	Came after	Went into
Mar 8, 2008	Palladium · Cologne, Germany	Asilos Magdalena	Set closer
Mar 6, 2008	68	Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore	Set closer
Mar 5, 2008	The Olympia · Paris, France	Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore	Set closer
Mar 3, 2008	George Elser Hallen · Munich, Germany	Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore	Set closer
Mar 1, 2008	Razzmatazz · Barcelona, Spain	Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore	Set closer
Feb 29, 2008	La Riviera · Madrid, Spain	Ilyena	Set closer
Feb 27, 2008	Alcatraz · Milan, Italy	Ilyena	Set closer
Feb 26, 2008	Volkshaus · Zurich, Switzerland	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Feb 24, 2008	Huxleys Neue Welt · Berlin, Germany	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Feb 22, 2008	Vega · Copenhagen, Denmark	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Feb 20, 2008	Cirkus · Stockholm, Sweden	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Feb 19, 2008	Sentrum Scene · Oslo, Norway	Ilyena	Set closer
Feb 17, 2008	Docks Club · Hamburg, Germany	Ilyena	Set closer
Jan 30, 2008	Bren Events Center · Irvine, California, United States	Ilyena	Set closer
Jan 29, 2008	Soma · San Diego, California, United States	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Jan 27, 2008	Fox Theatre · Boulder, Colorado, United States	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Jan 25, 2008	Beaumont Club · Kansas City, Missouri, United States	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Jan 23, 2008	Michigan Theater · Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States	Ilyena	Set closer
Jan 21, 2008	Phoenix Concert Hall · Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Jan 16, 2008	Theatre of Living Arts · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Aberinkula	Set closer
Jan 14, 2008	Terminal 5 · New York City, New York, United States	Aberinkula	Set closer
Jan 12, 2008	Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel · Providence, Rhode Island, United States	Aberinkula	Set closer
Jan 11, 2008	Toad's Place · New Haven, Connecticut, United States	Aberinkula	Set closer
Jan 9, 2008	Higher Ground · Burlington, Vermont, United States	Aberinkula	Set closer
Dec 31, 2007	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium · San Francisco, California, United States	Aberinkula	Drunkship of Lanterns
Dec 29, 2007	Echoplex · Los Angeles, California, United States	Aberinkula	Set closer
Apr 3, 2007	Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles · Los Angeles, California, United States	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Apr 2, 2007	Troubadour · West Hollywood, California, United States	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Mar 31, 2007	Berkeley Community Theater · Berkeley, California, United States	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Mar 30, 2007	Catalyst · Santa Cruz, California, United States	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Mar 28, 2007	Ventura Theater · Ventura, California, United States	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Mar 19, 2007	Thebarton Theatre · Adelaide, Australia	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Mar 17, 2007	Festival Hall · Melbourne, Australia	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Mar 15, 2007	Hordern Pavilion · Sydney, Australia	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Mar 14, 2007	Brisbane Convention Centre · Brisbane, Australia	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Mar 12, 2007	St. James Theatre · Auckland, New Zealand	Meccamputechture	Set closer
Nov 24, 2006	Zepp Nagoya · Nagoya, Japan	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Nov 22, 2006	Zepp Tokyo · Tokyo, Japan	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Nov 21, 2006	Zepp Tokyo · Tokyo, Japan	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Nov 19, 2006	Zepp Osaka · Osaka, Japan	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Nov 11, 2006	Estadio Azteca · Mexico City, Mexico	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Nov 5, 2006	Xcel Energy Center · St. Paul, Minnesota, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Nov 3, 2006	The Palace of Auburn Hills · Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Nov 2, 2006	Van Andel Arena · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Oct 30, 2006	Schottenstein Center · Columbus, Ohio, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Oct 28, 2006	Sam Boyd Stadium · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Oct 26, 2006	Gwinnett Center · Duluth, Georgia, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Oct 24, 2006	Wachovia Spectrum Center · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Oct 23, 2006	Wachovia Spectrum Center · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Oct 2, 2006	TD Banknorth Garden · Boston, Massachusetts, United States	Interstellar Overdrive	The Widow
Oct 1, 2006	Colisee Pepsi · Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	Interstellar Overdrive	The Widow
Sep 29, 2006	Scotiabank Place · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Set opener	The Widow
Sep 28, 2006	Centre Bell · Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Sep 26, 2006	Air Canada Centre · Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Interstellar Overdrive	The Widow
Sep 23, 2006	Eagles Ballroom · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States	Interstellar Overdrive	Vermicide
Sep 22, 2006	Aragon Ballroom · Chicago, Illinois, United States	Interstellar Overdrive	Vermicide
Sep 20, 2006	MTS Centre · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Sep 19, 2006	Credit Union Centre · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Sep 17, 2006	Rexall Place · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Sep 16, 2006	Pengrowth Saddledome · Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Sep 14, 2006	GM Place · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Sep 10, 2006	Bomb Shelter Studios · Los Angeles, California, United States	Tetragrammaton	Set closer
Sep 1, 2006	The Forum · Inglewood, California, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 31, 2006	The Forum · Inglewood, California, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 28, 2006	ARCO Arena · Sacramento, California, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 27, 2006	Selland Arena · Fresno, California, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 25, 2006	Alameda County Arena · Oakland, California, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 24, 2006	Alameda County Arena · Oakland, California, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 22, 2006	San Diego Sports Arena · San Diego, California, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 21, 2006	Glendale Arena · Glendale, Arizona, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 18, 2006	Pepsi Center · Denver, Colorado, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 16, 2006	Delta Center · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 15, 2006	Taco Bell Arena · Boise, Idaho, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 12, 2006	White River Amphitheatre · Auburn, Washington, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 11, 2006	Rose Garden · Portland, Oregon, United States	Viscera Eyes	Set closer
Aug 9, 2006	Phoenix Theater · Petaluma, California, United States	Set opener	Vermicide
Aug 7, 2006	Catalyst · Santa Cruz, California, United States	Set opener	Vermicide

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