Mgmt - Flash Delerium lyrics

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<br>Mild apprehension,

<br>blank dreams of the coming fun,

<br>distort the odds of a turnaround,

<br>gut screams out next to none

<br>So turn it on, tune it in

<br>and stay inert...

<br>

<br>You say, "I've got the backbone",

<br>the back way to escape the gun

<br>climbing a tree with a missing limb

<br>and not saving anyone

<br>and now it hurts, to stay at home and see...

<br>

<br>Flash the mirror ball's throwing mold

<br>you can't get a grip if there's nothing to hold

<br>See the flash, catch a white lilly

<br>laugh and wilt

<br>but if you smash a glass,

<br>first fill it to the hilt.

<br>

<br>PLANTS, as far as I know are still,

<br>still bending toward the light

<br>and if we dance until the heart explodes,

<br>it'll make this place ignite

<br>and even if this hall collapses,

<br>I can stand by my pillar of hope it's just,

<br>a case of flash delirium

<br>

<br>"Here's a growing culture,

<br>deep inside a corpse

<br>ages stuck together,

<br>taking it to the source,

<br>timeless desperation,

<br>pictures on a screen scream

<br>'HEY PEOPLE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?'"

<br>

<br>Comfort keeps us nice,

<br>so quick to donate everything

<br>(nothing arrives),

<br>die woken drifting blinding smiles circling,

<br>but time's,

<br>tingling spines attaching hands to floor,

<br>the rosy-tinted flash

<br>

<br>FLASH

<br>the hot dog's getting cold

<br>and you'll never be as good

<br>as the Rolling Stones

<br>watch the birds in the airport gathering

<br>dirt

<br>crowd the clean magazine chick lifting

<br>up her skirt

<br>

<br>"WHY CLOSE ONE EYE AND TRY TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE

<br>TO THE SUN, WHEN PLASTIC GHOSTS START TERRORIZING

<br>EVERYONE, GEOMETRIC TROOPS ALIGNING,

<br>CARRIED UP TO THE BURIAL MOUNDS MY EARTHBOUND HEART

<br>IS HEAVY, YOUR HEARTBEAT KEEPS THINGS LIGHT, WITH

<br>VIOLENCE FOREVER THREATENING THE NIGHT"

<br>

<br>... but even if this hall collapses I can stand on a pillar of hope and trust, that our heads won't... Bust....

<br>"SIX SIX FIVE FIVE RED BATTLESHIPS,

<br>40 EARTHLIKE PLANETS,

<br>3 HOLES, 2 TITS, 1 FORK IN IT'S SIDE

<br>ZERO TEARS IN THEIR EYES"<br><!-- stopprint -->

Thanks to Andrew Ross for correcting these lyrics