<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