Brass Goggles

Attune your ears to the grinding gears Oh, come with me, I'll show you how to be a metal man When the gears are turning and the fires are burning When the world ticks around you, voices talking all the time And you live for sleep, you've never slept because you cannot sleep Colonel Walter was shocked when he learned from the Nile Copper African elephants were turning hostile So he built these wonderful automaton blokes And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes Now the war is passed and over We're left to sit and wonder What is life, and what is real? And why do living things need feelings? (Are you ready?) (I can't hear you) (One, two, three) La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da How'd you like to try pumping lead through your veins? Or have a heart so wet and cold, it starts rusting When your break ticks aren't stopping, voices talking all the time When you live for feelings you've never felt because you cannot feel And what is this leaking affecting my eye? Does the oil that is dripping mean this is a cry? Will I ever be something with feelings to hide? Or am I just a boiler with nothing inside? I want all today Don't want to hear you say You can't do this, you can't do that You're not a living thing with feelings (One, two, three) La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da Wind me up, turn the gears (brass goggles) Wind me up, turn the gears (brass goggles) Wind me up, and turn the gears (brass-) Wind me up, turn the gears (goggles, goggles, goggles) Colonel Walter was shocked when he learned from the Nile Copper African Elephants were turning hostile So he built these wonderful automaton blokes And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes And a very big steam powered giraffe with smokes A very big steam powered giraffe with smokes