Another pair of Wandering eyes for me
As we dance the silky skies between our glances
And suffer through the Fire to take our Chances
There’s no place like the Present when you're faced
With the likings of a Universal feeling
And a Moment behind the crowd you both are stealing
And though we’re both strangers just stirring the Flame
You look in my eyes and You see we’re the Same
And though this Possession will not long exist
We live for Moments like this

A colony of Ants below my feet
and the midnight grass always smells much sweeter
And my head is lost the second that I see her
The wind has never moved this way before
Perfectly in rhythm to our motions
Like a school of fish dancing with the ocean
And though we’re both strangers just stirring the flame
You look in my eyes and you see we’re the Same
And though this Possession will not long exist
We live for Moments like this

And we’ll try to stretch the time out just as far as it will go
And pay no attention to what the hour hand may show
These seconds were designed to be for you and me
Nothing else to do
Nowhere else to be

She holds within her hand a single Coin
And she kisses me with no intention showing
If she’s coming back or where it is she’s going
And though we’re both strangers just stirring the flame
You look in my eyes and you see we’re the Same
And though this possession will not long exist
We live for Moments like this

Far from this Fiery Youth
Lies a man with no intention
Just sipping life N sync with the clock
Foolish days now bare no pain
Memories are just a fossil or a rusty plaque
In an open box

And when he shuts his eyes he sleeps so sound
the crickets hit the ground
and paste themselves onto his dreams
which wash away out from his streams of consciousness

So I say Tell us Old Man
tell us Old Man
What makes you so cool

I say tell us Old Man
tell us old man
What makes us all fools

Caught him on a bench downtown
With a smile that could change a demon
just sitting back free from the land
I'm growing weaker with every glance
Watching his complete translucence
It baffles me
For he's only a man

And with creatures made from broken mirrors
Nights that last as long as years
You'll find him there with pristine thoughts
His focus on the snapshot view beside him

So I say Tell us Old Man
tell us Old Man
What makes you so cool

I say tell us Old Man
tell us old man
What makes us all fools

Tell us what the age will not
Tell us before our passion rots
Tell us everything you know
Tell us what's down below
Tell us what on earth makes your freedom grow
No more visions, no more lies
Living in other people's eyes
Yeah reach me, teach me, save me, change me,
Love me, hate me, rearrange me,
I just don't care, no I just don't care,
Come on tell us what we're missing out there

Yeah Tell us Old Man
tell us Old Man
What makes you so cool

I say tell us Old Man
tell us old man
What makes us all fools

Morning wakes to find that in your sleep
You lost all you tried to keep
Your bones have sunken in so deep
You want to move but gravity won't let you
The television plays your favorite shows
But no one knows that your attention is on those
That are not suffering, they're trying to forget you
The place has been soaking in the family's tears
You want to tell them you're still here
You want to make it all so clear
That this restless discussion of another existence
Is not relevant, your resistance will keep you at a safe distance
You can handle anything life throws
Old Friend Let
Old Friend Let Go
There's nothing left for you here
The other side is so near
Old Friend Let Go

That dog is still there by your side
His loyalty has not yet died
But even he is petrified
By that unrepentant image he is seeing
And instincts play a futile role
The lifeless hours take their toll
Your senses have lost all control
Just some fossilized impression of a human being
Tolstoy and Asimov still run through your head
All those books that you've read
Have kept your intellect well fed
But now you interpret a little different than before
The words they mean a little more, you've found a reason to endure
You tell yourself there's still something left to know
Old Friend Let
Old Friend Let Go
There's nothing left for you here
The other side is so near
Old Friend Let Go

Today's proceedings will be featuring a showdown
Between the Americans and the British, they'll be fighting for Kentucky
The referee will be the great Socrates, he's soar
but he should still be able to spare some more logic If we're lucky

The fishermen have clamored to the stands with loud demands
for some penetrating truth and some unforgettable action
King George is running late but there's no need to hesitate
He will gather what he's missed from the crowd's reaction

Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
So you really feel the sting
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
So you don't miss a thing
There are chloroform rags hanging on the ceiling in the basement
With a trinity of nurses that are cursing while they're sleeping
Sam is upstairs writing his memoirs on the walls
The humidity is strong he screams, "My God my words are weeping!"

Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
So you really feel the sting
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
So you don't miss a thing

Well, Mr. Scopes is on the stand he's trying the best he can
to defend his honesty that's left him hanging out to dry
The people of the court show no remorse they simply thwart off
All the relevance that has hidden them from their blind creators eye

Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
So you really feel the sting
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
So you don't miss a thing

The Calvary of Obscurity comes banging on your door
They're unsure of who they're looking for but it appears that you will do
They've hoisted up the stake, they've got you pleading by the lake
And you know that you are done when the water hollers back at you

Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
So you really feel the sting
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
Step A little bit Closer
So you don't miss a thing

Take off your shoes
Open the gin
Too late to sleep
Too early to sin
The 20th floor makes the curtains Grin
And the city folk revere us as kings

The shimmering lights
have been humbled below
Tangled in steel
With an ethereal glow
The merchants downstairs don't need to know
Of our fortunes that their suffering brings

And We'll lie and we'll cheat
And we'll steal and we'll love it
And in time you'll learn that there's no one to trust
No heroes, no angels, no saints, no justice
The universe is ours
God don't have a thing on us

Look at your face
There's Blood in your eyes
Go rest your head
and all your worries will Die
Give me the keys to the castle and I
Will surely keep your legend in place

The dawn is so close
It's creeping within
And all of the lights
Have been dimmed by the gin
Your flame has gone out at the drop of a pin
The cause of which will never be traced

And We'll lie and we'll cheat
And we'll steal and we'll love it
And in time you'll learn that there's no one to trust
No heroes, no angels, no saints, no justice
The universe is ours
God don't have a thing on us

It's a beautiful and untouchable
kind of world we live
We're capable of the unthinkable
And the power that it gives
We're that indelible force
That nature resists
And it's just a matter of time
Before another one enlists

And We'll lie and we'll cheat
And we'll steal and we'll love it
And in time you'll learn that there's no one to trust
No heroes, no angels, no saints, no justice
The universe is ours
God don't have a thing on us

Creature on the wall why do you crawl to nowhere
How does your persistence survive
I can see that sense inside you
dancing just the same as I do
can you tell me about it
tell me what makes you feel alive

Lonely Little Creature in you
Lonely Little Creature in you

Creature on the wall what would you do if you found
That there was no more wall left to climb
Tell me you fool
Do you still think there's a jewel inside you
waiting to shine
Just looking for the right time

Lonely Little Creature in you
Lonely Little Creature in you

Creature on the wall it seems you've finally gone
Did you find that there was nothing here for you
Well I can understand it must get terribly bland
To be alone with someone
Who's been walking in your very same shoes

Lonely Little Creature in you
Lonely Little Creature in you

Creature on the wall how could you leave me like this
Don't you have any conscience at all
I can feel the room around me
Taking me piece by piece
And turning me into
Just another lonely creature on the wall

Lonely Little Creature in you
Lonely Little Creature in you

Did you cry when they told
All your nightmares had come true
Did you cry when they told you your whole world was a scam
Did you cry when you noticed your place
Did you cry when you looked in their face
And you ask them why but they don't even try
To make you understand
They say you wouldn't understand

Did you try to ignore it
Digging holes for your head to rest in
Did you try to believe
You could live the way that you'd been
Did you think you could run away
Or pull the shades from this rainy day
But you know it'll never let you go
And they'll keep you focus on the shelves
To keep you from yourself

Cause' you're the kind that they fear
So contagious and always so sincere
You can tear them apart
You can waste them once you know who you are
Cause' you're the Insider

Did you run to seclusion
When you found the solution
Did you ponder the ending of your history
Did you try to imagine the death of this creation
That's holding you down and spinning you round
To leave you so prepared for what no one else would dare

Cause' you're the kind that they fear
So contagious and always so sincere
You can tear them apart
You can waste them once you know who you are
Cause' you're the Insider

Did you see it when you beat them
Did you watch them retreat then
Did you salvage the remnants of your victories
Or did you somehow feel worse
Like you'd just been coerced
Like there's something you missed or wouldn't let yourself see
Did you miss
Did you miss
Did you miss the most important thing
Did you miss
Did you miss
Did you miss the most important thing
Did you miss
Did you miss
Did you miss the most important thing
Did you miss
Did you miss
Did you miss the most important thing

When will the rain come
to make the bright lights fade
When will the rain come
to wash the dirt away

I told her every single time
The city's not for you
The engine is too loud to hear
There is no getting through
And I'll wait for years for that smile to return
But there's nothing I can do when she gets burned
And I hear her ask me

When will the rain come
to make the bright lights fade
When will the rain come
to wash the dirt away

She tells me of the Boulevards
And other peoples pain
I tell her not to stare
They're only victims of the game
They're not like you
You're a princess to the wild
But loneliness can murder any child

When will the rain come
to make the bright lights fade
When will the rain come
to wash the dirt away

She's got coffee stains on her apron
She knows her profession well
She's heard the same old southern juke box tune
too many times to tell
And the customers sweet talk her
She barks back like a charm
A sexy charismatic statement
She sure knows how to milk the farm
And the crop duster in the corner
he looks shot back and confused
He says, "How could such a fine young girl like you
look so perfectly misused?"
He says, "There must be someone out there,
that can hide the things you see,
Wish it was me,
Wish it was me"

Cause' all that lies is a fleeting grin
that steals all the moments, wrinkling the skin
The steam will rise, and the saxophone,
will play on forever,
Draped in the veil of the moonlight

So I stumble into this diner
wearing a trench coat ten years old
I look like fifty miles of bad road
I just paved my way right through the cold
And just a momentary glance,
at this young sufferer is all
There are no gunshots in the background
There are no brilliant stars that will fall
But we capture some exchange
between the table and the door
I'm just another dusty figure
she's seen a thousand times before
She comes to take my order
I say, "I need something strong and tall"
She says, "Don't we all,
don't we all"

Cause' all that lies is a fleeting grin
that steals all the moments, wrinkling the skin
The steam will rise, and the saxophone,
will play on forever,
Draped in the veil of the moonlight

And a smile drifted over
but it didn't get far
And I swear she whispered 'bout me
to the waitress at the bar
But I'll be gone before the nights up
Got a date with the snow
Just leave the money on the table,
grab my things and go

Well I'm halfway to the station
Too much caffeine in my veins
I keep glancing back at that burnt out sign
I really shouldn't miss the train
but she's out there in the parking lot
She's smoking like a fiend
Her shadow's flickering on the asphalt
and the street lights seem to strip her clean
and show her for who she truly is,
so honest and alone
just looking for somebody
to take her from her home
and me, I'm fooling no one
I build railways to the ground
just turn around
just turn around

Cause' all that lies is a fleeting grin
that steals all the moments, wrinkling the skin
The steam will rise, and the saxophone,
will play on forever,
Draped in the veil of the moonlight

"Time has been killing me" the jeweler mutters with a grin
He keeps dialing back his platinum watch to find where the hands begin
The hostess at the bar figures him crazy at best
Throws him one more red stripe to put his ass to rest
Well the stock broker barges in, he's looking cynical and vain
He's got a pocket full of fresh bills and his liver is sprained
Just a couple martinis and he's spillin' 'bout his wife
He's says things like, "I'm a heart attack away from the rest of my life"
Go on and treat yourself
Go on and treat yourself
Go on and treat yourself
The doctor is out, there's nowhere to be but here

Well the Mafioso's wife has been laughing like a dog
She's got no depth perception, like playing darts through the fog
She's hollering at the chinamen at the VIP booth
They don't know how to be scared gripping the fruits of their youth
And the sheriff heaves a sigh at the vandalized arcade
Seems that Dylan's lyrics might have been construed the wrong way
But he doesn't care to learn the behavior of his city
He's off the clock now reeking of Long Island's and pity
Go on and treat yourself
Go on and treat yourself
Go on and treat yourself
The doctor is out, there's nowhere to be but here

And the neon plastered signs have stained the basement walls
And upstairs the hotel's soaking up those sudden distant calls
And the piano's always playing
And the musicians are for hire
Come inside we'll light the liquor and the instincts on fire

Never mind the red shame and the muscles and the crime
Just a little dose a break neck will make everything shine
And This place won't be forgotten 'till the dirt hits your eyes
And the hostess makes the last call to the ashes and the flies
Go on and treat yourself
Go on and treat yourself
Go on and treat yourself
The doctor is out, there's nowhere to be but here

Well his friends call him Prometheus
Because when the liquor attacks
He consumes enough for human kind
and his liver always grows back

He sells wing-tipped shoes on the corner
of Glendale and Cortez
And the patrons hear his banters
but don't believe a word he says

Just one more round
Just one more round
Just one more round
for Prometheus

He's got black ferns in his window
notices on the door
and the back porch screen
looks like some insectile war

He downs one more Evan Williams
and mutters to the wind
Tomorrow he'll throw stones
at all the ones that dealt him in

Just one more round
Just one more round
Just one more round
for Prometheus

Awake, and he's abandoned
To the bucket he goes
Been reduced to empty spaces
and all he doesn't want to know

He bolts the front door quietly
like a rattle in a cage
tonight brings on the telling
of some savage rage

Just one more round
Just one more round
Just one more round
for Prometheus

Well it doesn't take him long
the dive bar's looking for some skin
He plays some roulette with the urchins
then charges on in

And before he can say pandora
He's dancing on someone's head
Half the crowd wants him singing
Half of them want him dead

Just one more round
Just one more round
Just one more round
for Prometheus

So the mob carries him out
They tie his ankles and his hands
There's a bloody grin painted on his face
that no one understands

As he listens to the screaming
of an eagle up above
The only creature in this world
knows what he's thinking of

Just one more round
Just one more round
Just one more round
for Prometheus

She laughs in such a way that could compromise your youth
and inhibit you from your weaknesses, and shatter your truth
The patterns in which you find comfort just exacerbate your fear,
That yesterday is no longer here

She's insightful and courageous, like a sage with a gun
She does not shout here name, she answers to no one
Just a road with endless purpose, so incessantly clear,
That yesterday is no longer here

The books all call her human but not the natural kind
an extension or mutation, an unearthly design
an evolutionary figment, burdened from time
and confusing her irrelevant peers

Your obscenities speak louder than the ropes in your thoughts
either way everything is tied up in knots
She takes one more glance back to remind you she is near,
And that yesterday is no longer here

Your primitive indulgences have no room to swim
She's broken down the vacuum you've been living in
In a world where complacency is more that just a sin
It's a word you never even hear

She's defying the ages with a chisel and a smile
Your defining your senses with a switch blade and a vile
And she repeats herself until you are ravaged in tears,
That yesterday is no longer here