Verse
B
Strange overtones god bless the overgrown child that could
D
Hold his own throwing stones at a sky full of drones
B
He clipped a wing then fell to earth and hit close to home
D
And found insects nesting in his mobile phone
B
It's wishful thinking that a song can heal a sick rose
D
I sit and pull thistles out my thick skull — live slow
B
Keep it simple — sweep the fallen leaves out the temple
D
When it's ten below, freezing in the cold, wind blows
B
Some nights we overindulge kick back, shoot the
D
Shallow shit, chew the pig fat, act on impulse
B
Met my love after Elohim so my ribs closed
D
With devils selling dreams at the disco. took her hand and
B
Stumbled toward the exit felt the pressure build
D
Precious virtuosic flesh clearing that it's dressed to kill
B
I'll sit alone and watch the rain falling from your eyes
D
When they crack the seven sill below the solemn summer sky
[Chorus]
B
Birds in the cage, rats in the belly
D
Snakes in the grass, bats in the belfry
B
About the ocean that professed love to ishmael
D
While sifting through the serpent like intestines of a sick whale
B
(that sounds dangerous) beneath the sleep-like veil
D
I read the stomach lining of the beast like braille
B
And walk the street feeling like my feet might fail
D
(Thats how i learn — you can do it too)
[Verse 2]
B
I'm learning not to hold my tongue — but how to hold a tune
D
With a drop of golden sun leaking from an open wound
B
Below the full moon — reposing in the womb
D
Sticking acupuncture pins in your thick skull balloon
B
I make my way through the forest to chart progress
D
Following the queen, running with sharp objects
B
Stop, catch your breath, set the hatchet down dig a hole and
D
Bury it, god bless the poet proletariat
B
The lowly, lost, lord we get down on both knees
D
Choking back tears while the world moves at full speed
B
You give 'em time, they'll pilfer the village blind
D
What's ill is they're building shrines to realists and philistines
B
And hide shame with pride — I'm guilty of the same sin
D
Born with the same snake attached to the brain stem
B
Strange beautiful things losing their wings
D
From heaven's promised heights to the crucible flames — listen:
[Chorus]
B
Birds in the cage, rats in the belly
D
Snakes in the grass, bats in the belfry
B
About the ocean that professed love to ishmael
D
While sifting through the serpent like intestines of a sick whale
B
(that sounds dangerous) beneath the sleep-like veil
D
I read the stomach lining of the beast like braille
B
And walk the street feeling like my feet might fail
D
(Thats how i learn — you can do it too)