Civilization and Its Discontents Lyrics

Standing on a rock in a river Staring at the splintered sun You could drown yourself in jewels Like a thousand other fools While you stand there looking down at what you've won Si...Read Full Lyrics

Amid the rumors and the expectations And all the stories dreamt and lived Amid the clangor and the dislocation And things to fear and to forgive Don't forget About delight You kno...Read Full Lyrics

The dichotomy of being a sentient being Driving away, driving away Angel in the heart lost out this time Driving away, driving away The calamity of seeing and fleeing the sight Dr...Read Full Lyrics

Déjà vu Glass cafe faces Fade into the wash Of brick-dust-yellow afternoon Déjà vu Slow lines on pages Shape words like echoes Of a ball bounced in an empty street Déjà vu ...Read Full Lyrics

Under the big lights Shadows stretching long The ramp is lowered gently to the tarmac And all of us, we wait In this sea of gravity For the precious cargo to appear And here come ...Read Full Lyrics

Early on one Christmas mornJesus Christ the son was bornSinging carols, Christmas songsEarly on one Christmas mornEarly on one Christmas mornJesus Christ the son was bornSinging ca...Read Full Lyrics

Moon of plenty, moon of mischance It'll be what you want but you can't stop the dance Try to count the steps and they change while you stare And the translucent moon floats in wave...Read Full Lyrics

At the feast of fools Humor can sometimes be cruel But under certain conditions You have to forget the rules At the feast of fools Everybody has a voice Nobody goes to the bottom ...Read Full Lyrics

An elegant song won't hold up long When the palace falls and the parlor's gone We all must leave but it's not the end We'll meet again at the festival of friends Smiles and laught...Read Full Lyrics

Knots in my muscles, too much traffic in my mindTraffic in my mind, traffic in my mindKnots in my muscles, too much traffic in my mindIt was five fifty-one, gray light creeping thr...Read Full Lyrics