All Saints DayAll very well for saints to have their day
To fly away to prey another day
Down here I'd rather face the fire
Than aspire for the heavenly choir
'Cause I've got my faith put in its place
Swept out the light beyond a trace
'Cause I took a look in their book
And there's nothing about this life of mine
ContemptHold me, even in contempt
You're warmer and closer than anyone else
With every kick in the head my feet never touch the ground
Meet my friends, meet my family
They all have a hand in my destiny
When there's not enough to go around
They make do with a portion or two
Dressed in AirOnce there was a time when I could say that I was dressed in air
Now I'm not so sure
Once there was a time when I could say that I was in the right
Now I'm not so sure
You can talk, always talk and move on
And the movement has the louder voice
Says, "your love begins on my command."
Greater rewardGive me back myself, for I am held by something else above
And while I am true to you in love, my wings are not for you
You can hold me all my life but paradise can take me twice
When I go to my greater reward, it's a throne I'll take on my own
C Told you, hold me now
I'm enthralled in a greater reward
The Earth for you
But fate may take me anyday
heart of the partyWho will tell my drunken friend
that she will die and go to hell?
She sings la dee dee da, and if evil and sins
are people's beginnings, then I will be there
(for all those feet that keen and bells that ring)
Hear my call from the floor
at the heart of the party
Hot with FleasI am covered in filth, at least it's my own
My smell, well, you know you can't get higher
One day in my life is six in your old
With filth, it's all a little faster
I am off the leash and hot with fleas, family couldn't be stronger
I am off your leash and hot with fleas
Hang your head, hang your head in shame! Hang your head in shame!
Legion1 My name is Legion / I'm to work with you
We've much before us / Hungry to begin
O don't you doubt
The best of everything / is held in one man's gaze
The best of everything / is held in one man's gaze--1
2 We'll fly the nights! (We'll fly the haunts!)
We'll gash the haunts! (We'll gash the caul!)
We'll knife the caul! (We'll knife the nights!)
SnowThis time the little match girl has brought her own snow
Alone in the cold she draws her real name with the flames,
sifting around for prophecy
This sleep will test the morning--supposing--
A heart full of bric-a-brac--pufferfish and staplegun
Crucifix and teddybear, sequins, eiderdown
Hatboxes--shared houses--plumber's helpers--bits of string
The Importance Of HairAnd now it's vital, ascendent and coiled
You could rely on a spirited pursuit
to touch on your toes, to lope for you dog-like
While wearing your colours it picks up your soul
And the journey's tolls
And now it's vital you call on my name
You wash your hands in my wastrel flames
Twenty Deadly DiseasesHot coals in firelight (It can't hold my fancy)
Swirl black in streetmarch (Ichmf) / Tasty morsel in afternoon (You'll see!)
You'll see large hands
Purse snatch in nightclub (Ichmf) / Tete-a-tete in Tel Aviv (Ichmf)
Gargoyle in soldier booth (You'll see!)
You'll see large hands / He'll see large hands / I'll see large hands
"Bits and pieces of a big American city, only seen on television at that
Stage."