The stars that shine and the stars that shrink
In the face of stagnation the water runs
Before your eyes


Swallowing diamonds
A cutting throat

Your teeth when you grin
Reflecting beams on tombstones


A jamboree of surprises
Playing Russian roulette
Or the lucky dip

A clenched fist to your heart
Coal dust on your lungs


A silver tongue for the chosen one
Heavy magnum in your side
Or a bloody thorn


Skating bullets on angel dust


In a dead sea of fluid mercury
Baby piano cries
Under your heavy index and thumb

Pull some strings let them sing

The stars that shine and the stars that shrink

In the face of stagnation the water runs
Before your eyes


Dazzle it's a glittering prize
Dazzle it's a glittering prize
Before your eye

It's a glittering prize

The stars that shine and the stars that shrink

In the face of stagnation the water runs
Before your eyes