The Lie (bernini's St Theresa) Lyrics

Oh the bright young man in the tight-buttoned suit The light beams out from capped smiles to the shines On their lick-spittle books Oh these sharp young sparks with their fresh ros...Read Full Lyrics

It was the first day of July; No wind breathed in the sky When a pin-striped suit Saw that the Institute of Mental Health was burning. He stood upon the corner Where the sun was wa...Read Full Lyrics

I'm in command, I'm in control, I am the captain of my soul. Still, I'm uncertain in one major role... Oh, I drift through the unconscious life, Shift through the unconscious life,...Read Full Lyrics

Such distance to the tips of the fingers, the ganglion loom jerks inside; the body grows steadily stranger but the spirit won't be denied. That sharp halogen flash jars the eyeball...Read Full Lyrics

The stars in the heavens still shine Up above me: how lovely they'd seem If you were with me But you're gone through the looking-glass And I am left to pass these nights alone. I'm...Read Full Lyrics

Time for a change: I felt bad, things looked strange. Home, home on the range... Yes, it's time for a change. "Well, young man, when you grow up What do you want to be? " "Please, ...Read Full Lyrics

Thinking back, it seems that I can lie beside you as I never truly did, in afterglow - no afterwords at all. Only writing love songs when it's gone and dead; only paying words out:...Read Full Lyrics

Along the track the wires are humming In bursts of code like far-off drums.... Fathering the message: Further up the line Someone's shouting Down the passage of time. The corridor ...Read Full Lyrics

Sod the music, " said the man in the suit, "I understand profit and without that, it's no use, Why don't you go away and write commercial songs; Come back in three years, that shou...Read Full Lyrics

A pretty pass in the rear-view mirror, It's coming on the overtake... I've got to stop panicking, Got to stay cool, Got to learn to live with my mistakes. Overdue debt to the taxma...Read Full Lyrics