Joyce Hotel | New Myths | The Good Life
Glory of the Sun
in the glory of the sun
at dawn
looking down at the street below
& you naked in a corner of the bed
being born again
being born again
in the glory of the sun
in the glory of the sun
in the glory of the sun
so full of joy like i'm retarded
the fever's broken
the birds are joking with the cats
i brush your lips with my sacred lips
breathless, calm & lusting
after what comes next
in the glory of the sun
at dusk
wondering how to pin the night
& grab it by the throat & make it flare
being born again
being born again
in the glory of the sun
in the glory of her cunt
in the glory of the sun.
the perfect life's right in front of me
and i'm feeding its shadow
the tiny hand of gratitude
and i'm gnawing the knuckles
the city's lights burn down on me
but i'm bored blind
i can't afford the strange desires
the average ones leave me tired
please won't you say to me
i release you, go you’re free
i don't remember who i am
this moment's an embarassment
the perfect life's right in front of me
and i'm serving its shadow
the tiny hand of gratitude
and i'm gnawing the knuckles
the perfect life's right in front of me
and i'm feeding its shadow
i won't be swayed by humanist pity
fuck the rich and their cities
please won't you say to me
i love you, this is equality
please, i want your lips
to reclaim myself with a kiss
please won't you say to me
i release you, go you’re free
i don't remember who i am
this moment's an embarrassment .
i got hold of a truth drug
i'm not sure what it means
but i'm dying to try -
i've got a good idea.
i see you talking in the payphone
& if i put it in your drink
would i really want to witness
i'd love to drown in your leaks
i got hold of a truth drug
i like the idea & the power
you know the will draws strong
on the palm of my hand
i'd know the lies you came up with
were the truth in your sleep
i'd know what's truly allowed -
& where my truths cease.
i got hold of a truth drug
it may be the last thing i need.
when we first met,
clouds heaved & burst
insight came as a kiss
followed as a curse
on a bed soaked in oils,
strange flowers & perfume
i bent the walls to your cell
i gave you something to lose
no second thoughts
it's too late for regret
what follows you now
will never relent
out in the cold
in the wind's rush & hiss
you want some kind of power
not an occult piss
now a black heart shimmies
at the back of the bus
what your body craves,
your mind will never trust
no second thoughts
no cheap regrets
what follows you now
will never forget.
fate
swung a thick fist & almost threw you away
hey
when the knife bit your neck & you bit his dick so hard that
both of you screamed
when you were walking
the streets of rochester
in a blue sleek dress you were so thin
your hips made a mess of so many minds
& it just got weirder
you
come in the room like an eternal threat to love
you
tell me you’re dreaming & things'll start bleeding
if you open your eyes
when you were walking
down lyell avenue
in the warm summer rain nothing was grim
your smirk made a mess of so many minds
& it just got weirder
now you wake up displaced
you forget your own face
you’re terrified by the limits
of your immediate space
you wake up displaced
buildings roar in your face
you’re so scared, you’re so scared, you’re so scared
you’re so scared...
so wild, hitting a wall
i've been living like there isn't a life in me
down & down, spinning lines off
like a genuine poet, yeah, you should have seen me
feeling like dave kelly, stretched out on the hospital bed
i was so corruptible
i was a credit to nothing at all
struck dumb, guess the west coast won
some cowboy's grinning at me as i spew jumbled thoughts
casting runes against the empty bed
put my soul up as ante cos i knew it was lost
feeling like dave kelly, beat & lost in a rural estate
i was so corruptible