Pauper’s Wine - Mordred

Two stars collide in space I see it clear Star dust upon my face Why should I care A far off hidden place I visit there It makes me feel safe Stops the despair

Into his flesh the knife cuts Inside he wants to survive Surgeons working hard to try to keep him alive He's only fourteen years old Beside the bed a cop sighs

Today's another hopeless day Downtown surrounds Cohesive thoughts cannot be made The light it fades I raise my head up to the sky Don't care can't fly The army

You've got me lying on the ceiling My world's turned upside down I'm unaccustomed to this feeling Better let me loose right now Get away from the back of my bra

Sick of immortality we've sharpened all the razors And the pets aren't going hungry 'cause they've never learned to feed themselves Robbed of all connection to

Dream while you can I was saying As the hurricane approached us from the east Sleep in your eyes was all the medicine you needed And your fever decreased You're

It's a wonder wide eyed wonder You're just a nickle away Living in your shadow all this time Always loved your kind of leaving I ain't got nothing to say But I'

See you hunkered on the ground Magnifying glass in hand Can you focus in one spot for long enough If you see the whispered smoke Curling vine-like from a leaf Y