pierced by my own punctum I'm the Tacitus of my times scrawl from pen to page scrawl from pen to page . . . seas of needles and crestin waves the climate's been bound to change climates been bound to change I aint reachin for the needle no more but needle still reachin for me . . . scrawl from pen to page scrawl from pen to page and I need water ink been bound to dry throat been bound to close jaw been bound to lock she's a cuckoo, but whose the clock? she's a cuckoo, but whose the clock? . . .