He shakes his bones around And wears them overhead like flags By night he stalks through shipping yards, Amusement parks by day, In time with all the parts he's stolen, He will build a mausoleum Seal himself inside just to Emerge when moonlight fades from view And night is darker than blindness
He stumbles in an out His brains are full of fire He tastes the morning sun And falls aghast with pleasure. He stands and brushes off The filth and turbulence. He barks into a mask His sweat sustains him He presses pennies through Your skin and seals them Inside their package there Where you can feel them
He laughs indifferently He cries with pleasure Ignites the tablecloth And folds it twice He slips ideas into The money boxes He hears the rain upstairs: What? What's that? That's a fat cat! That's a fine hat hat hat hat hat...
He calls his mystery Out through the sunlight The birds don't ask him why, But spread the message He stings on either side Whoever watches He wets his hands and sets his watch He waits with pleasure
He gathers firewood In stacks that tower And when they tumble down He loses power The skies break down their door, Ask him to wonder Does he belong up there? He knows the answer.
The skies defend themselves They rain and thunder They pelt him down with flames And tear asunder A hundred artifacts Beneath his bootsteps He grasps at them in fear And dives on after Into the tunnel here Where others like him stay Paved into the ceiling He hears the clattering On down the way He chases after echoes Trips over shadows He loses himself
He loses himself with pleasure
He comments on himself So no one else can He's overweight and he Could use a sun tan He waits for you to leave Before he'll follow He feels inside his skull And thinks it's hollow
He hears his name and he Takes flight at noon so he Can make it back again Before the moon
He single-handedly Gives up our secrets To any spy who'll pay A healthy ransom
He's spoken innocence and He's spoken nonsense He comes to me each night Proposing new games I've never played before And always feared He cannot calmly state but scream His shopping list
He tries to change his name He's on top of his life Cos he's the only one The only one who lives it Nobody will do it for him Nobody will do it for him