Newton-amino-glycan pyramids

The sign ran cold
Red fountain
On a pillar
Out of time.

Running from engagements
Keep the flanks protected
We never knew that study
Would keep you in the clear
Would teach how to tell everyone
That you aren't really there.
But the car's running cold
Magnesium flares
And a bicycle pump
Out of time.

Doctorate won't compensate
So go the stories they keep telling us
And the taxi-stand news
Is really old in disguise
Surely it's not the same
Day after day
Surely it's some kind of scam.
But the driver won't cooperate
So you shoot him in the head
How did you think this would end?

And you're burning, burning
Like a falling star
Like a falling angel
Coming over the horison
And you light me up
Like a crimson flare.

Its all in the bag
Atomic warheads on ice
Tempting and fearless
In the hair-rippling breeze
Sun's out for the weekend
And leather's great seating.
Care for a laugh
In the unfolding light?
But nobody can see you
The way that I do.

Coast down the slipstream
Is this translucent daydream
Only feeding delusions,
Or am I crazy-jumping
To unwarrented conclusions?

Tell me you're not burning
Like a falling star
Like a falling angel
You scorch the air
With a velvet kiss
And I'm stuck in the distance.

Paper-mache' humans
Civilization runs
Gently on around us
Speeding slowly by
Out of every window
The faces blurring past
They never would ask
Or understand at all
Just feeling the silent pull
Of the screaming sirens

Are we drifting?
Have we lost our place?
Did we forget to save us
From the hostile bank?
And it's tears now
As the future bends
Just out in front.
And in the mirror
We only see our past
Reaching out to grab us.

The sign ran cold
like a blood red fountain
On a pillar of flame
Future collided present
Like a ray of sunlight
We are blown away
To a symphony of squealing
And applause of broken glass.

And you are gone
Like a falling star
Like a falling angel
You held me there
You took the fall
And we are worlds apart
In a sea of blood
And silent sirens.