The Coup Lyrics

She was the picture of beauty and graceHe bottled her magic and fixed her in placeHis music was written all over her faceHe mined her perfection and chipped it away,reducing his lo...Read Full Lyrics

I am rushing at a bulletand the bullet’s standing stillMy heart’s racing toward a precipicethat contracts as winter killsI am offering my povertyI am offering my nameI am offer...Read Full Lyrics

When the knell soundswe’ll be called to accountand to justifyall the time that we’ve wasted ironing the emperor’s new clothesThe cuckoo’s are repeating,“I know it all, I ...Read Full Lyrics

A parting kissA black arm-bandIf you can’t have it, no one canI feel like I’ve been condemnedI feel like I’m burning at both endsHow did your spooks make out?What are your in...Read Full Lyrics

I’m just a bundle of suppressed nervous ticksMy medication is making me sickA fog upon the brainA stagnant cloud which neither storms nor dissipatesI was a fury of force and holy...Read Full Lyrics

We’ve all learned how to hidebehind decadent tricks of the mindWe savour the distance we sowbetween us and the rest of our kindWe’re all mixed upeach in noxious, insulating clo...Read Full Lyrics

Now, to face the sunrisethe breaking of the wavesCome all yea feckless invalidsIt’s time to face the dayAs you walk upon eggshellsyou swallow the flameas you baulk at the mirrory...Read Full Lyrics

’ll leave you to sleep through your delicate fantasiesLeave you your eyes and your agonized smileI’ll leave you to hide behind sheltering lunacyTricks of the mind played out in...Read Full Lyrics

Blank manifestosThe rustling of leavesThe lives of the scarecrowsThe wind in the treesThe unnoticed raptureA simple refrain:“How is your master, and what is his name?”How can w...Read Full Lyrics

The sidewalks are spinning underfootI think another drink would do me goodI think another round should set me straightI’ll raise another to the sober fewI wouldn’t get too clos...Read Full Lyrics