The Church

[fox69]

"Sunken Sun"

"Sunken Sun"



I drowned in a river that had run dry
I drank a sea of gold
I shivered like a stone in the great unknown
Oh, not unknown but just untold

I dreamed I saw the Minotaur
I dreamed I was his twin
It seemed I tore some kind of door
Because now he can get right back in

And I don't wanna talk about it anymore
And if I have to do it again I'll give you what for

I watched the sullen sun shrink
And the levee run out of steam
Eternity loomed in my garret room
I saw you once in some kind of dream

I had a girl in the underworld
She was a spirited little thing
She was so cute, oh, you shoulda seen Pluto
She opened up her heart to sing

And I don't want to talk about it anymore
And if I had to do it again I'll give you what for

I ripped up my return ticket
I hurled it into the sky
I knelt down, I kissed the ground
I knew then it was your turn to fly

 

[fox69]

"Swan Lake"

"Swan Lake"



Oh my ugly ducklings, nobody loves you
Daddy said he'll buy you some ballet shoes
But he spent all he had on hash
And avoiding another crash
Now who will look after you

One night your shoulders will ache
But next day when you wake
You'll sprout wild wings, and fly
Just like in Swan Lake

Oh you helpless birdlings, nobody wants you
How will you ever survive out of the nest
And the wolf will put his nose in
And the water is so frozen
You'll have to swim like all the rest

 

[fox69]

"Take It Back"

"Take It Back"



She said thanks for the present
Thanks for the future, too
But it'll take something better than this cliched love letter
To make me come back to you

You better take it back (take it to the metal)
Take it back (take it to the bone)
Take it back (take it anywhere I want)
Take it back (take it all back home)

When I first arrived in this brand new life
With my halo and clean slate
But then I dabbled and I meddled till I couldn't backpedal
And I hate my fate

I want to take it back (take it to the metal)
Take it back (take it to the bone)
Take it back (take it anywhere I want)
Take it back (take it all back home)

She said thanks for the memory
She said thanks for the booze
She said thanks for everything that made me sing
These elemental breakdown blues

Why don't you take it back (take it to the metal)
Take it back (take it to the bone)
Take it back (take it anywhere I want)
Take it back (take it all back home)

(Take it back, take it back)

 

[fox69]

"Tantalized"

"Tantalized"



God I've been asleep so long, I've been away
Back from software limbo the natives call today
I let their promises bind me
The seductive logic blind me
I embraced a machine, I went through the routine
And I hid from the people who were trying to find me

Till the day comes when you realize
Otherwise you never care
Pandora's box reveals a new surprise
Can't wait to see your eyes
Now you've been tantalized

A hundred and one voluptuous days I broke the law
The labyrinth was closing so we panicked up a door
I let their wanton flesh obsess me
I felt their dreams and drugs assess me
I was hired and fired yet never inspired
Flattering, chattering words to impress me

All that glittered had me mesmerized
Otherwise I would have dared
Guess the nature of our enterprise
Can't stop to sympathize
Now you've been tantalized

I turned up in some harsh doomed city on another plane
I couldn't believe the room I got or the guests I entertained
I felt the dirty streets surround me
I let the buzzing swarm confound me
I gave money to ghosts, I insulted my hosts
I could never get off the stuff that spellbound me

 

[fox69]

"Tear It All Away"

"Tear It All Away"



People say to see is to believe
Then they just believe in that they can perceive
What they see is not the total view
Filtered between the me and you
But I'm trying so hard just to tell you I care
And I've wanted so long, to tear it all away
Tear it all away

People say well you just had to be there
And all the time you know they've never been there
And it makes me sad to sit and think
All those empty souls are nearly at the brink
But I'm trying so hard just to open my eyes
To seeing some things that tear it all away
Tear it all away

People grow up and learn to drive some car
But I did that and it doesn't get you far
The things you want are never to be found
And in the end it's all some run around
But I'm trying so hard just to keep to myself
The things that I hope will tear it all away
Tear it all away

I thought you would know
Oh, I thought you would know

People say they think that they are sure
But they turn away and don't go back no more
What they saw was not the perfect sight
Just their own face reflected in the night
But I'm trying so hard just to tell you it's now
And I'm gonna keep on trying
To tear it all away

 

[fox69]

"Tel Aviv"

"Tel Aviv"



Well
She took me outside
And I was listening to her voice
I could tell ya
She said some things she may regret
And some things she may rejoice

Just like the fruits of sorrow
Dying on the vine
I too partook its bitter taste
And I shined

Just at that moment
Before God intervenes, yeah
Some kind asylum
Wide awake in Tel Aviv

When you fall into evil moods
And the spirits mock you in the radio static
Then you better hope the dope don't make you
Telepathetic

Just like the seeds of ruin
With its sickly blooms
I lost the good fight every day
In these rooms

 

[fox69]

"Telepath"

"Telepath"



You got no reason to go
I'll make it up, I don't know
You got no reason to stay
Anyway, anyday

The flowers down the side of the house this morning
The tiny wheels within the whorl
A date pulled backwards and then left drowning
So the future can uncurl

You got no reason to laugh
Lead you down telepath
You've got no reason to cry
Anyhow, anywhy

The women by the shore in the night are leaving
The angry dawn that slyly grins
The soulscraper air that the boys are breathing
Assembled parts, tiny sins

You got no reason to live
Pheremone
You got no reason to die
Anyhow, anytime

The music and the traffic and the rain are blending
The water meters, the fire escapes
Children in the present moment unending
Nobody knows their former shapes

You got no reason to live
Pheremone
You got no reason to die
Anyhow, anytime

 

[fox69]

"Terra Nova Cain"

"Terra Nova Cain"



Turn down the gravity, this is all too heavy
I'll show you how the ancients once traveled
They used to call this a Chevy
Just before the continents sank, you could still go outside
I was sitting on a hot off ramp
She pulled up and asked me if I needed a ride

Terra Nova Cain, I need you again
Deep space jam on an alien terrain
Terra Nova Cain, I need you again
Some for the little boys who live down the lane

I should have known there was something amiss
She had unearthly eyes
She had a way of sifting through your mind
Like she'd done it to a million guys
She said, "Will you help with our research?"
I said, "Take me to your leader."
She put her foot down on the oscillation pedal
She was a transdimensional speeder

Terra Nova Cain, I need you again
Protect me from the meteor rain
Terra Nova Cain, I need you again
Put your exploratory probe right into my brain

They brought me back after thousands of years
I hadn't aged at all
We used to float around her weightless bedroom
That drove me right up the wall

Terra Nova Cain, I need you again
You dropped me off and you've left me quite drained
Terra Nova Cain, I need you again
Help me break these telekinetic chains

 

[fox69]

"Texas Moon"

"Texas Moon"



One more day I may forget my reason
Some would say we bathed like a harpoon
Followed politely south it feels like treason
Live out my days beneath the Texas moon
Started out a cardshark in Palm City
Playing for another tablespoon
Lost my fancy vest and both my kidneys
Two red jacks and one red Texas moon

I met a bunch of fools in Oklahoma
Their leader was a loathsome old baboon
Had those rascals hooked on homemade soma
Hooked on that yeah and the Texas moon
He knew a house that opened up in Dallas
I'll stick within a darkened sweetened room
She said "I pray you can't accept that fallacy"
"But lie down here and feel the Texas moon"

Crying is no substitute for laughter
I would have felt but now I'm feeling used
I'm hell bent for the here and ever after
Cold white fire like the Texas moon
And I expect to find life there unpleasant
My exit will be most inopportune
I'm leaving while I can see this crescent
The crescent of the ghostly Texas moon

It can't be any hotter than this jail
It can't be any colder than this mood
It can't be any deader than a doornail
Or half as live as the Texas moon
Mother send no flowers for my passing
Surely life is just one long lampoon
Brother end your vigilance and your fasting
I'm going down beneath the Texas moon

 

[fox69]

"The Aan Tribal War"

"The Aan Tribal War"



She stumbled
Caught herself
Blinked twice
Stopped screaming
But no
She was still screaming
It was just soundless
A look had come over her
Destroyed unity
Between mouth, eyes, forehead, cheekbones

Before me she became undone
Looking through those glasses
She fell to her knees
Now grappling
They didn't want to come off
She still couldn't close her eyes
She still couldn't close her eyes
She still couldn't close her eyes
She still couldn't close her eyes