Gold Afternoon Fix

The wine in your hand is worth two at the bar
And everybody knows what you've been drinking
Disgraceful sky flecked with a nightmare of stars
And everybody knows how you've been synching (sinking ?)

Long distance century buzzes and fades
I wonder why you've not resigned
Previews processions and parades
You've got to grind, grind it out

Line up the arrows, push off the top
This can cause sustain forever
And once it's started up, it cannot be stopped
At least it's holding us together

Long distance century buzzes and fades
An automatic charge on your mind
The glittering minutes, jangled decades
We've got to grind, grind it out

A vortex appears, unleashed by the crash
A moment marred by hesitation
Bedazzled surgeon chases the gash
But we don't need that operation
Long distance century buzzes and fades
Elysian fields not far behind
Find me a witness amongst these shades
They've got to grind, grind it out

Long distance century buzzes and fades
I hope the deaf can lead the blind
Lift me up into those whirling blades
I've got to grind, grind it out

There, smoke turns into serpents in the air
Beware, there's no sanctuary anywhere
On this very spot, a great city once stood
It oozed with evil but it felt so good
Well i don't know
Where did it go?


And here, there's lots of method in their madness dear
And we're considering remaining here
In this very house a giant was born
With two angry eyes and one sharp black horn
Well i don't know
How could he grow?


The fountains gush wine
The chimneys spurt flowers
Where me and my friends pass the fleeting hours
Well yes and no
Where did they go?


Goodbye, there's no reason, there's no alibi
I'll try to write you a letter from the cyclone's eye
On this very day, a hundred years before
They opened up the future like it was a door
Well i don't know
Where did it go?


The towers stretch up, the spires spiral odd
Behind the vicar's gate, the sign, "beware of god"
Well i don't know
Where did he go?

Don't come to pieces in my hand
White stars reflecting dust and sand
That perfume makes me think of grief
Shake the faith shake the belief


Who's there to say that we're living this moment
Feels like i'm in a play
The sets and the props of this, your apartment
Seem to be fading away, fading away


So i wander through these rooms
I feel the orbit of the moons
And i dream what i become
And all's forgotten by the sun

Five o' clock, fade away the shadows
Leaving by the window or the door
And they're laughing
Laughing at you anyway
Yeah they're laughing
Laughing at you every day
Eight o' clock, underneath the lamplight
Slow poison from a tiny little wound
And they're laughing
Laughing at you anyway
Yeah they're laughing
Laughing at you every day
I understood before i knew
I realized i'd spend my life coming back to you
Twelve o'clock, in the building of the mirrors
Recoil from my elongated twin
And he's laughing
Laughing at you anyway
Yeah he's laughing
Laughing at you every day

There'll never be another quite like you
I'm so involved with everything you do
Don't say nothing good will ever come of this
Don't say the damage is worse than it is

Back in metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
Back in metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When i'm standing with you

You stare down at some crowd from your trapeze
And when you fell they fell down on their knees
And when you broke they scrambled for a piece
And when you spoke i felt their anger freeze

Back in metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
Back in metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When i'm standing with you
Back in metropolis talk about a holocaust
And then visit the zoo
Back in metropolis the weather is ridiculous
What's it all leading to
And it's only a day away
We could leave tonight
You could sleep along the way
Dream in black and white

Turn down the gravity, this is all too heavy
I'll show you how the ancients once traveled
They used to call this a chevy
Just before the continents sank, you could still go outside
I was sitting on a hot off ramp
She pulled up and asked me if i needed a ride

Terra nova cain i need you again
Deep space jam on an alien terrain
Terra nova cain i need you again
Some for the little boys who live down the lane

I should have known there was something amiss
She had unearthly eyes
She had a way of sifting through your mind
Like she'd done it to a million guys
She said will you help with our research
I said take me to your leader
She put her foot down on the oscillation pedal
She was a transdimensional speeder

Terra nova cain i need you again
Protect me from the meteor rain
Terra nova cain i need you again
Put your exploratory probe right into my brain

They brought me back after thousands of years
I hadn't aged at all
We used to float around her weightless bedroom
That drove me right up the wall

Terra nova cain i need you again
You dropped me off and you've left me quite drained
Terra nova cain i need you again
Help me break these telekinetic chains

It was only seven years ago
Your mirror finally broke
Your little bunch of followers turned you into a fool
The butt of all their vicious jokes, screaming

You're still beautiful baby
Nobody can take that away
You're still beautiful baby
Even when you fall down that way

You turned up backstage at the palace
We thought you was wearing a mask
I felt so fucking embarrassed
When you looked at your reflection and asked, you asked

Are you still beautiful baby
Nobody can take that away
You're still beautiful baby
Baby don't believe what you see

Once upon a time i would have killed for you
I'm sorry that you got in this mess
But you're the walking picture of dorian gray
At least it's artistic i guess