We ran for our lives as the angels took power
My feet all bloody and my eyes set in oil
I aimed for the man in the southern tower
And I could feel the wires uncoil
Into the air behind him bloomed a coxcomb flower
That took its root in an alien soil
We ran for our lives as the angels took power
And I could feel the wires uncoil
I could feel the wires uncoil
Away from the trenches and the wet meat smacking
And the men all making woman sounds
With our jaws clenched til our teeth start cracking
We'll make love one day on more fertile ground
I prayed where I crouched like a natural coward
As the night air came to boil
I aimed for the man in the southern tower
And I could feel the wires uncoil
Without our lips we could have smiled forever
And built our honor up in honest toil
But we ran for our lives as the angels took power
And I could feel the wires uncoil
I could feel the wires uncoil
Away from the trenches and the wet meat smacking
And the men all making woman sounds
With our jaws clenched till our teeth start cracking
We'll make love one day on more fertile ground
