Running with Scissors - amalia

I play doctor for five minutes flat Before I cut my heart open and let the air out Three bugs, a pound of dust, some wind spilled before me In the strangest manner that had broke away my tear spout As I lie there with my tongue spread wide open A black widow had offered me a sweetheart tube As I injected the candid heart that I selected She said, "Don't hesitate, just do what you have to do to me" It's hard to stay between the lines of skin Just 'cause I have nerves don't mean that I can feel I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway Just let the blood run red 'cause I can't feel It's hard to stay between the lines of skin Just 'cause I have nerves don't mean that I can feel I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway Just let the blood run red 'cause I can't feel Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time, it's time Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time, it's time Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time, it's time Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time until the time is right Biding my time, it's time Biding, biding, biding, biding Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Someone behind me Someone inside me Everyone against me Everyone beside me Clawing away the pieces Scratching away the abscess One more, two more Everyone, once more One more, two more Everyone, once more Inside the faces that I hide from you I want to see you splayed before me You are the only one That I would rather see before me You want it, you need it You want it, you need it You want it, you need it You want it, you need it Don't lie; I die, you lie; I lie, oh, why? I don't want you to pay anyone when I die I wanna die, I'd rather die, I wanna die You purge, you burn, you purge I don't need you anymore, I don't need you It is time, it is time, it is time, it is time It is time, it is time, it is time, it is time It is time, it is time, it is time, it is time

White domes on sacred sand, B52's in Arnhem Land Lasers in the stratosphere, Cold War buccaneers There's a shadow across the sun, alarm to struggle and fight There's poisoned seeds in the perfumed garden And the spectre of an endless night Thunder in the distance, running with the hurricane Feel the cold winds turning, keep the faith burning Fire in the Ukraine, dust on the high plains Thunder in the distance, running with the hurricane Vogue fashions, empty passions World banks, corporation think-tanks Feeding us our new-made views With our Weeties and our septic news Geriatric B-grade actor, power in his paternal smile His inane quotes are last years jokes And now we judge all his lies on style Thunder in the distance, running with the hurricane Feel the cold winds turning, keep the faith burning Fire in the Ukraine, dust on the high plains Thunder in the distance, running with the hurricane Melt-down, southbound, the winds are blowing gale force Gather up the children, and batten down the doors Hope's like a beacon in the howling night Mururoa, Pine Gap, Greenham Common Together it's going to be a long hard fight Rambo, cult machismo, Armageddon The clouds keep spreading Warriors rule by fear, a fission for the profiteers Mass march, rally in the twilight Heart and soul a call for peace If power is blocked at the ballot box We'll vote it in the open streets Thunder in the distance, running with the hurricane Feel the cold winds turning, keep the faith burning Fire in the Ukraine, dust on the high plains Thunder in the distance, running with the hurricane Fire in the Ukraine, dust on the high plains Thunder in the distance, running with the hurricane

"If they ever dropped the bomb" you said "I'll find you in the flames" But now we act like people Who don't know each other's names Well, sometimes it makes me sad, you know Sometimes it makes me smile 'Cause you know how the game goes, honey We all eat it once in awhile Scissors cut, paper covers rock Breaks the shining scissor You hurt me, I hurt her and She goes and we will miss her Now, I look around at people Playing children's games And I wonder if you're still thinking You might find me somewhere in the flames Scissors cut, paper covers rock Breaks the shining scissor You hurt me, I hurt her and She goes and we will miss her Scissors cut, paper covers rock Breaks the shining scissor You hurt me, I hurt her and she She goes and we will miss her (Scissors cut) Scissors cut (Paper covers rock) Paper covers rock (Breaks the shining scissor) Breaks the shining scissor (You hurt me) You hurt me (I hurt her) I hurt her (She goes and we will miss her) She goes and we will miss her (Scissors cut) Scissors cut (Paper covers rock) Paper covers rock (Breaks the shining scissor) Breaks the shining scissor (You hurt me) You hurt me (I hurt her) I hurt her