Pools Of Mercury Lyrics by Jim Caroll

Pools Of Mercury Lyrics

    Sirens begin, the red light spins
    Hungry go the thieves

    Betty's in the sandbox trying to detox
    She always wears long sleeves

    Desdemona in a red kimona can't get off the bench
    Her bolts are fused, her limbs can't move
    Someone better find a wrench

    Got no past, they can't last
    Future's like a curse
    What's best for them is always bought
    At the price of something worse

    Wren's heart of ashes, the glue-on lashes
    Her baby's in a brillo box
    She's on one knee with key after key
    Trying to find the right lock
    By the pulp of her fears
    And the shape of her tears
    You can tell tomorrow's weather
    She bends her skin in the shape of her sins
    To keep herself together

    Got no past, they can't last
    The future's like a hearse
    What's best for them is always bought
    At the price of something worse

    Got no past, i can't last
    The future's like a curse
    I'm swimming in pools of mercury
    Making sense of the end of the century

    They want to -- outside
    They want to -- outside
    They want to scream outside
    They want to search outside
    They want to lose outside
    They want to beg outside
    They want to have sex outside
    They want to -- outside
    They want to pray outside
    They want to buy outside
    They want to dream outside
    They want to pine outside
    They want to -- outside
    They want to sleep
    They only want to be alone outside

    Carl's been burned
    Better return him back to central casting
    Jen grows weaker her soul sneakers
    Are useless without laces
    So she rides the snake till she grows wings
    And flies to better places

    Got no past, they can't last
    The future's like a hearse
    What's best for them is always bought
    At the price of something worse

    Got no past, i can't last
    The future's like a curse
    I'm swimming in pools of mercury
    Making sense of the end of the century

    It's dawn, their faces worn
    Rain like a female feathers
    I'm swimming in pools of mercury
    Making sense of the end of the century

    Got no past, they can't last
    The future's like a hearse
    What's best for them is always bought
    At the price of something worse

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