Greycoats

Even if we're told by the flightless birds, "The firmament is crumbling." We won't eat their poisoned words We're not listening Driving by the scene of the accident Your fingers tight, your body bent We don't ask, "Who gets it next?" N

In 1939, we pulled the fire from the sky In 1939, we pulled the fire from the sky We just got so tired of waiting for heaven Uncovering the way of Mercury Oh, these visions of gold More than we could hold Prometheus, glow! A future we control In 1969

Carry all my bitter disappointment Put it on leviathan Carry all the demons in my pocket Put it on leviathan I've soured on the pleasure in my hand Chasing things I'll never understand Death be damned Carry all the men I leave behind me Put it on lev

I found an angel to deliver She led me with a scalpel to the Fount I saw a spectre in the mirror The fruit becoming ash inside my mouth Ah, the setting sun Waits for none, waits for none Still, bids the tongue Keep us young, keep us young I raised my

Red-eyed soldier It's never over Greet the morning With handshakes, laughter and lies Every night, I lie awake Alone with my mistakes Turn the knife, Atlantean weight The darkness can't be tamed Oh, light of day, my hideaway No one knows me Nothing h

I feel a weightlessness in the half-life Of the half light of the Age Escape the bitterness in the half-life Of the half light of the Age Forget the Dollar and the War Forget the lender at the door Forget the years that brought us to the floor Just g

Someone ate these sour grapes That set our teeth on edge Find the strength to climb these gates They cannot hold us in forever I still believe in you and me and the chemic drop I see the rising sun I still believe in you and me and the chemic drop Oh

The longest wait That sickening sound No escape Closer now People like us carry on Fight Or stay down Dreamer, dream a summer idyll for me Our skin exposed Is there still a golden ticket for us? Are we too old? Learn to speak Learn to walk Learn to l