Under Glass lyrics

Song information

Artist: The Legendary Pink Dots
Album: Any Day Now

Lyrics

The air was thick with scented smoke; the talk was much to small
The words would fall and crawl in corners, wind up eaten by the cat
But still they spat and groped each other's fat
Danced with rubber arms and granite feet. the planet creeped
The ceiling flaked and floated in the beer
We stayed clear. we stayed here, under glass

And you I know you're trying though you haven't got a clue
See them laughing in the showers. twist and grab a shouting jew..
Did they ride you through the corridors, make you climb the wall?
Did you fall? did she cry? did you look for other fools to fry?
To fortify your island under glass

I know how and where you work; it's written around your collar
Sweat and dirt and sloping shoulders. you keep tripping on your hands
Yellow hands, tired hands, pushing pens and pushing sixty
Waiting for the man to push you off your shelf
Send you rollercoasting frozen to your hole under glass

And you may be tough and loud; you throw your weight around
But you're jelly when the lights go out - you're hearing every sound
The wailing chambers, whispering walls, the bitching neighbours'
Spirits call, accuse you with their fire eyes that freeze
You fry, you slip their nails inside you
You try and try to hide out under glass

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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