Shouting Silence in a Crowded Theater
Posted: December 4th, 2010, 9:54 am
Shouting Silence in a Crowded Theater
This theater is so crowded
you can't even think Fire
it's in the cloud, it's on the wire
the paycheck worshippers
the stinking liars
who put the numbers on the line
numbers of the ticking clock
lonely for a bomb
it looks like tomb should rhyme
but I'm not that much of a poet
the voice of reason has laryngitis
the opium won't stay long
at least not long enough
to assuage my sausage
you can't sell the truth
or I would be in business
No, you can't even give it away
it's like an ugly girl or a bad smell
or a limp lay or
running into someone
you once knew in hell
don't want the news until it's washed
clean as oxygen
like brandy sloshed around
a fat-bottomed glass
and you can bet your ass
the one that's toasted black
that your job is on the clothesline
and yes, it's crowded in here
Fear knows this and smiles
knows you have miles and miles
and maybe you can style your way through
even if you can't decide between
the oxygen and the opium
your oars flipping in air
and the scarier it gets
the closer it gets
yes, crowded in here
this morbid theater
I pray for fire
won't say a word
I promise
I promise
This theater is so crowded
you can't even think Fire
it's in the cloud, it's on the wire
the paycheck worshippers
the stinking liars
who put the numbers on the line
numbers of the ticking clock
lonely for a bomb
it looks like tomb should rhyme
but I'm not that much of a poet
the voice of reason has laryngitis
the opium won't stay long
at least not long enough
to assuage my sausage
you can't sell the truth
or I would be in business
No, you can't even give it away
it's like an ugly girl or a bad smell
or a limp lay or
running into someone
you once knew in hell
don't want the news until it's washed
clean as oxygen
like brandy sloshed around
a fat-bottomed glass
and you can bet your ass
the one that's toasted black
that your job is on the clothesline
and yes, it's crowded in here
Fear knows this and smiles
knows you have miles and miles
and maybe you can style your way through
even if you can't decide between
the oxygen and the opium
your oars flipping in air
and the scarier it gets
the closer it gets
yes, crowded in here
this morbid theater
I pray for fire
won't say a word
I promise
I promise