Mercury

The days that are met with only-ness Aid and abet this loneliness The days that are met with only-ness Aid and abet this loneliness The days that are met with only-ness Aid and abet this loneliness The days that are met with only-ness Aid and abet this loneliness Tonight's the night, the wheels are turning The signal flows, I try to keep the home fires burning That was my stop, but the subway kept going Nothing to lose when Mercury's showing The days that are met with only-ness Aid and abet this loneliness The days that are met with only-ness Aid and abet this loneliness The moments are mine if I can just seize the day But then I forget what it is that I meant to say I try to hold on but never too tight The hours go by 'til Mercury comes out at night Staring up at the great machine That never began and will never end From the silver starlit tapestry I see countless eyes staring back at me Venus in steel, the unbreakable net Venus in steel, the unbreakable net The trail of lilies and violets ends Trapped in steel, the unbreakable net And the rivers run deep like a quicksilver stream With wings on your feet, your day is longer than your year I look up at the night sky, for a moment, I can see That the rivers run deep, your day is longer than your year The lies they feed to me are as edible as mercury The rivers run deep, your day is longer than your year And Water Star is singing its silver melody The rivers run deep, your day is longer than your year Your day is longer than your year The tomb of the red queen is painted in vermilion Painted in vermilion, painted in vermilion Painted in vermilion The tomb of the red queen is painted in vermilion Painted in vermilion, it's painted in vermilion It's painted in vermilion And the net's unbreakable, don't worry about falling The voice that you ignore might be your future calling Alone, we're tossed about like a bottle in the sea But together we ascend, and only then escape this gravity The net's unbreakable, don't worry about falling The net's unbreakable, don't worry about falling The net's unbreakable, don't worry about falling The net's unbreakable, don't worry about falling The net's unbreakable