Dissidents (Live)

One more young writer slid away in the night

Over the border he will drown in light

(And the man said)

Hold it (hold it)

(He said)

Wait a minute (wait a minute)

I can't read my writing

My own writing

Like tiny insects (my writing)

In the palm of history (my writing)

A domino effect (my writing)

In a cloud of mystery (my own writing)

Is an iron fist (my writing)

In a glove full of Vaseline (my writing)

Dip the fuse in the kerosene (my own writing)

I too became a dissident

Became a dissident

Became a dissident

When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible

When he dies, he is hard and insensitive

Courting disaster we ran in the night

Wings of an angel were torn in flight

(When the man said)

Check it (hold it)

(He said)

Verify it (wait a minute)

It's all here in writing

My own writing

Like tiny insects (my writing)

In the palm of history (my writing)

A domino effect

And an early end to the story (my writing)

Is an iron fist (my writing)

In a glove full of Vaseline (my writing)

Dip the fuse in the kerosene (my own writing)

I too became a dissident

Became a dissident

Became a dissident

Check it

Said, verify it

It's all here in writing

Down in writing

At the hands of the press (my writing)

And in the eyes of the government (my writing)

I fell from grace (my writing)

I too became a dissident

I was a dissident, yeah

Like tiny insects (my writing)

In the palm of history (my writing)

A domino effect

And an early end to the story (my writing)

Is an iron fist

In a glove full of Vaseline

Dip the fuse in the kerosene

I too became a dissident

Became a dissident

A dissi-, a dissi-, a dissi-