Sex And Music Lyrics - David Wilcox

There's no sense in talking about music, no 

Talking of sex can be done 

I mean, the abstraction of music's confusing, that's all 

The directness of sex is more fun 

And the road that will lead you to both of them 

Is known for the races and wrecks 

But there's less of a mystery in music 

If we just get some directions from sex 

Sacred ground 

The big machine is moving 

Sacred ground 

We're standing in the way 

Sacred ground 

They want to pave it over 

Sacred ground 

Make it all the same 

Well, at first you say you'll just do it for love 

But then you do it with friends, right 

As soon as you do it for money 

Right there's where the innocence ends 

How will you navigate between better and worse 

With just these numbers of people to count? 

The pop charts are just cutting notches 

For the number of units you mount 

When spirit gets lost in accounting 

The counting takes its toll 

You find yourself craving more numbers 

It's the sex-drug of rock and roll 

And it leads you to strange addictions 

Like image, marketing spin 

Just trying to get them to like you, that's what you think 

How could that be such a sin? 

Sacred ground 

The big machine is moving 

Sacred ground 

We're standing in the way 

Sacred ground 

They want to pave it over 

Sacred ground 

Make it all the same 

Well, what do you want them to like you for? See 

That's the question to ask, that's the question 

Would it help you if everyone knew your face 

If that face were only a mask? 

And why do you want them to like you? 

What change are you trying to bring? 

Or do you lust after just their attention 

Do you want them to come when you sing? 

Sacred ground 

The big machine is moving 

Sacred ground 

We're standing in the way 

Sacred ground 

They want to pave it over 

Sacred ground 

Make it all the same 

What you tryin' to do? 

What you tryin' to do? Capture their beauty 

So that you could feel loved for an hour? 

Is it the power of being attractive, no 

It is just the attraction of power? 

See, sex and music are much the same 

We feel with hearts and skin 

And what you are going to get out of them both 

Is just what you put in 

Sacred ground 

The big machine is moving 

Sacred ground 

We're standing in the way 

Sacred ground 

They want to pave it over 

Sacred ground 

Make it all the same 

They want to pave it 

The big machine is moving 

Sacred ground 

We're standing in the way 

Sacred ground 

They want to pave it over 

Sacred ground 

Make it all the same 

Sacred ground