Atom And Cell Lyrics - Singles - Nine Horses

Her skin was darker than ashes 

And she had something to say 

Bout being naked to the elements 

At the end of yet another day 

And the rain on her back that continued to fall 

From the bruise of her lips 

Swollen, fragile, and small 

And the bills that you paid with were worth nothing at all 

A lost foreign currency 

Multi-coloured, barely reputable 

Like the grasses that blew in the warm summer breeze 

Well she offered you this to do as you pleased 

And where is the poetry? 

Didn't she promise us poetry? 

The redwoods, the deserts, the tropical ease 

The swamps and the prairie dogs, the Joshua trees 

The long straight highways from dirt road to tar 

Hitching your wheels to truck, bus, or car 

And the lives that you hold in the palm of your hand 

You toss them aside small and damn near unbreakable 

You drank all the water and you pissed yourself dry 

Then you fell to your knees and proceeded to cry 

And who could feel sorry for a drunkard like this 

In a democracy of dunces with a parasites kiss? 

And where are the stars? 

Didn't she promise us stars? 

Nothing will ever be as it was 

The price has been paid with a thousand loose shoes 

Pictures are pasted on shop windows and walls 

Like a poor mans Boltanski 

Lost one and all. 

Sell, sell 

Bid your farewell 

Come, come 

Save yourself 

Give yourself over 

Pushing your consciousness 

Deep into every atom and cell, 

Sell, 

Bid your farewell 

Come, come 

Save yourself 

Give yourself over 

Pushing your consciousness 

Deep into every atom and cell, 

Sell, 

Bid your farewell 

Come, come 

Save yourself 

Give yourself over 

Pushing your consciousness