Night: her sable dome scattered with diamonds Fused my dust from a light year Squeezed me to her breast, sowed me with carbon Strung my warp across time Gave me each a horse, sunrise and graveyard Told me only I was her Bid me face the east closed me in questions Built the sky for my dawn Cleaned my feet of mud, followed the empty Zebra ride to the cirkus Past a painted cage, spoke to the paybox Glove which wrote on my tonque Pushed me down a slide to the arena Megaphonium fanfare In his cloak of words strode the ringmaster Bid me join the parade "Worship!" Cried the clown, "I'm a TV" "Making bandsmen go clockwork" "See the slinky seal cirkus policeman" "Bareback ladies have fish" Strongmen by his feet, plate-spinning statesman Accrobatically juggling Bids his tamers go quiet the tumblers Lest the mirror stop turning Elephants forgot, force-fed on stale chalk Ate the floors of their cages Strongmen lost their hair, paybox collapsed and Lions sharpened their teeth Gloves raced round the ring, stallions stampeded Pandemonium seesaw I ran for the door, ringmaster shouted "All the fun of the cirkus!"

I'm gazing at faces Staring blankly at me I suppose it's just a sign of the times They tell me tomorrow will never arrive But I've seen it end a million times I lost my direction while dodging the flak Oh give me a hint or something Now they can erase us At the flick of a switch How long will they wait No! There must be something wrong boys Obnoxious actions Obnoxious results Teachers who refuse to be taught Distorted pictures And dizzy, dizzy people Rush by me at the speed of thought Sitting at tables And throwing the scraps For Christ's' sake leave them something Now they can erase us At the flick of a switch Will they hesitate No! There must be something wrong boys They're dragging me down Eden There's no Eden, anyway. They're dragging me down You either swim or you drown

(You weren't afraid of certain doom) You weren't afraid of certain doom They're climbing up the walls and hiding in your shoes There's no escape, they'll never lose Chameleons can change into a deeper hue You see your face? You're turning blue Surprised your life of lies could find you in your room You lay in wait, they'll be here soon Chameleons will make you into cheap perfume Die, Die, Die Die, Die, Die! (You weren't afraid of certain doom)

We're in the building where they make us grow And I'm frightened by the liquid engineers Like you My Mallory heart is sure to fail I could crawl around the floor just like I'm real Like you The sound of metal I want to be you I should learn to be a man Like you Plug me in And turn me on Oh, everything is moving I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me Singing I am an American Do you? Picture this, if I could make the change I'd love to pull the wires from the wall Did you? And who are you And how can I try Here inside I like metal Don't you All I know Is no one dies I'm still confusing love with need

All that we are Is all that we need to be All that we know Is you and machinery We're engineers We are your heartbeat We are your night life We are your 'low-line' We keep you alive for now We're engineers We are your voice We are your blood flow We are your eyes We're all you need to know We're engineers All that we are Is all that you'd love to be All that we know Is hate and machinery We're engineers

Here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors It's the only way to live in cars Here in my car I can only receive I can listen to you It keeps me stable for days in cars Here in my car Where the image breaks down Will you visit me, please If I open my door in cars? Here in my car I know I've started to think About leaving tonight Although nothing seems right in cars

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