It's October and the weather's cleared up
I forget that mountains surround this town
But there they stand, silent and shrub-dusted
I find comfort in them, like a row of shields
I drive by the temple on my way home
I don't usually take this road
But got nothing better to do
No I got nothing better to do
Golden angel atop your perch
I can't imagine how you keep your shine
I remember hearing my friends
Boast of their conquests here
Crows fed on rooftop omelettes
From their generous tithe
I don't understand why
Of any of our group
The rebels of the outcasts
And outcasts of the rebels
Only I would have cause to decorate
With toilet paper and eggs
Yet the thought raises the goose pimples
All over me in guilt
Golden angel atop your perch
I can't wonder how you keep your shine
What with all these
Silly little secular fools
Did you witness the vandalism?
Did you understand what they did?
Maybe you're just a mould of mineral
Shaped by some zealot
Or maybe you're a guardian
You marked the souls
My friends who are my family
Narked them for retribution
Dear gold angel
Have mercy on us
We know not what we do
I wish I could climb atop the temple
And shine and clean you
Try to appease you
Golden angel atop your perch
I can imagine now how you keep clean
But I want nothing more than to
Throw you down
Melt you down
And create something new
Replace God's home
With a new acropolis
Another silent mountain
To house another form of God
She calls for it
Demands it
Begs for it
Begs me for it
But I can't
Goose pimples compel me otherwise
And I pray to clean away
The crowfeast
If you didn't have to eat, you wouldn't ever ache
Current Location: |
Home |
Current Mood: |
contemplative |
Current Music: |
Vanessa Carlton: White Houses |