Flame into Being

Now the weight of the books has crushed my delicate fingers
 I'm not trying to be Paganini any more
 All I dream about these days is sex with strangers
 Rats in spats and bowler hats on the dance floor
 Some days my head is the turret for a machine gun
 And the world is torn apart by a hail of words
 In tongues of fire the rookie priest reads the lesson
 And I would like to quote him chapter and verse
 He said "I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard
 To build a way of seeing
 Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way
 To flame into being"
 I was always the sucker that got led into temptation
 When I didn't have a job, couldn't pay the bills
 But stretch me out on your tasteless warehouse sofa
 And there or somewhere else I'll do your will
 Maybe I'll come out clubbing on a rainy night in Soho
 So many clichés have sentimental truth, don't you find?
 You be Judith and I'll be Holofernes
 Living with a beautiful woman
 I'm jealous all the time
 And I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard
 To build a way of seeing
 Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way
 To flame into being
 So take me to the people who'll gratify my ego
 Because under the swagger I don't know who I am
 Caesar beware the ides of adolescence
 Here comes some new Brutus in black 501s, ha!
 From the pores of his skin you can smell the cappuchino
 And his avaricious eyes are shining like the sun
 Black bat night come down from your roost now
 And cover me with your wings
 Under my eyes I shall wear your engagement ring
 And I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard
 To build a way of seeing
 Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way
 To flame into being
 But as soon as I decide that this is not the place for me to stay
 I feel currents that buoy me up and bear me away
 And burglars or writers will carry this love away too
 Don't regret this, just forget me, let me release you
 And as soon as I decide I'm more fertile or just more sober
 Maybe I'll think of you like a touching American film
 How I left you washing the face of our baby
 How whenever I live alone
 My hands and eyes work again
 And I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard
 To build a way of seeing
 Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way
 To flame into being
 Yeah, I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard
 To build a way of seeing
 Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way
 To flame into being
 - -by the flowers