32 ContributorsPlanet Desperation Lyrics

[Part I]

[Verse 1: Hyacinth]

I once thought that time was an ocean

There'd always be a little more, somehow

And I could be the lady, or I could be the carpenter

But I don't think that now

[Verse 2: Hyacinth & Chanticleer's Ghost]

I can hear a fire with one voice screaming (Miserere mei, Deus!)

Why couldn't Ziggy come back down again? (Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus!)

Lost on the shores of planet desperation (Miserere mei, Deus!)

Staring at the end

[Refrain: Hyacinth]

Oh, I would go outsidе

I would go out, but there's a world war

Oh, only go out, I only go out when thеre's a world war

[Verse 3: Hyacinth]

Pursued through the streets, I escape to the shoreline

Where blue, plutonic winds whip the air

Hoping and waiting to cry upon the shoulder of someone who's not there

[Part II]

[Verse 4: Hyacinth's Lizard Brain]

When I get to the pearly gates

Will I see you on the inside pointing at me?

Mouthing "There he is, officer

There's the prick I warned you about"

The best part of me is dying

I'm running out of places to bury your body again;

And every song is a crime scene

Woo!

[Verse 5: Hyacinth's Lizard Brain]

I walked into the ocean at Long Beach

It spit out plastic and didn't treat me any different

(I deserve this heartbreak)

Love doesn't do what I want it to

It doesn't change me and it doesn't change you

[Refrain: Hyacinth's Lizard Brain]

Make peace with the dirt around you

Make peace with the dirt around you

Make peace with the dirt around you

Make peace with the dirt around, around, around (Dirt around you, dirt around you)

[Verse 6: The Accuser]

Writhing twisted piece of myself!

He sent me to send you to hell

For all the damage that you've done

For everyone misled by the light of your love

Before you get to anyone else

[Chorus 1: The Accuser]

Hesitation on a wedding night, drag you down the aisle

Nails drag down the sides to the bridal chamber

[Verse 7: The Accuser]

They'll shut down this carnival ride

To save the child screaming inside

In spite of a thousand white lies

His intuition would never be deceived

This life is neither tender nor mild

[Chorus 2: The Accuser]

Invitation to the country club, lifeless to the touch

Twin hysterical smiles

Are you gonna run me down now?

I know you're gonna run me down now

If you're not gonna run me down now

Oh, you know I'm gonna

Oh, you know I'm gonna

Oh, you know I'm gonna

[Part III]

[Break: Hyacinth]

Would you believe me if I said I walked the stars

Drew constellations overhead and drank the hidden springs of mars?

But the empire never ended and my gnostic soul cries out in question:

When will I be born?

When will I be born?

[Verse 8: Hyacinth]

Last night I dreamed that I lost all of who I was

I was in some ancient village searching for the taste of blood

And the roads were dry and dusty, there was terror all around

I was sure I'd left some money on the other side of town

I met a hurdy-gurdy man with a monkey collecting change

And his fingers grasped so tightly, I was sure that they would break

He said, "I am not your enemy, I hope we can be friends

It's a tall, narrow gate we all pass through in the end"

[Chorus 3: The Monkey]

And when you get back, tell me what's in there

And if it knows how much we love it

When you get back

And when you get back, tell me what's in there

And if it knows how much we love it

When you get back

[Part IV]

[Bridge: Chanticleer]

Feathers black, brown, dragging through the mud

To the crack in the fence

Where the last wave of night comes

Devil, angel on my left, right

Waiting for the

Chanticleer, Chanticleer, Shanti-

Chanticleer, Chanticleer, Chan-

[Verse 9: Hyacinth's Soul]

Amazing grace that saved a wreck like me

Clinging to the helm in a storm upon the sea

Heart newborn with fear, lost inside the spray

I see you coming towards me on the cresting of the waves

[Chorus 4: Hyacinth's Soul]

'Til the kids grow up alright

Until hearts don't break anymore

Until we don't spend the rest of our lives fixing everything that happened before

Mothers, don't be scared when a son taller than you

With two oceans in his blood walks back into the blue

'Til the kids grow up all right

Until hearts don't break anymore

Until we don't spend the rest of our lives fixing everything that happened before

Mothers, don't be scared when a son taller than you

With two oceans in his blood walks back into the blue

[Chorus 6: The Great Speckled Bird]

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

[Bridge: The Great Speckled Bird]

Cold feathers, sky feathers

Open shoebox diorama

Come back to my arms, beloved

You and me

You and me

You and me

[Chorus 6: The Great Speckled Bird]

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

You can love again, if you try again

[Outro: The Great Speckled Bird]

You can love, you can love, you can love, you can love

You can love

If you try

You can love