Planet Desperation

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

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

Oh, I would go outside
I would go out, but there's a world war
Oh, only go out, I only go out when there's a world war

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

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!

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

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)

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

Hesitation on a wedding night, drag you down the aisle
Nails drag down the sides to the bridal chamber

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

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

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?

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

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

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-

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

Till 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

Till 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

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

Cold feathers, sky feathers
Open shoebox diorama
Come back to my arms, beloved
You and me
You and me
You and me

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

You can love, you can love, you can love, you can love
You can love
If you try
You can love