Momus - Flame Into Being lyrics

Now the weight of the books
Has crushed my delicate fingers
I'm not trying to be Paganini any more
All I dream about these days
Is sex with strangers
Rats in spats and bowler hats
On the dance floor some days my head is the
Turret for a machine gun
And the world is torn apart
By a hail of words
In tongues of fire the rookie
Priest reads the lesson
And I would like to quote
Him chapter and verse

He said: "I'm in love with everyone
Who knows it's hard to build a way of seeing
Who knows that nevertheless that's
The only way to flame into being"

I was always the sucker that
Got led into temptation
When I didn't have a job
And couldn't pay the bills
But stretch me out on
Your tasteless warehouse sofa
And there or somewhere else I'll do your will
Maybe I'll come out clubbing on
A rainy night in Soho
So many clichés have sentimental truth
Don't you find?
You be Judith and I'll be Holofernes
Living with a beautiful woman
I'm jealous all the time

I am in love with everyone
Who knows it's hard to build a way of seeing
Who knows that nevertheless that's
The only way to flame into being

So take me to the people
Who'll gratify my ego
Because under the swagger I don't
Know who I am
Caesar beware the ides of adolescence
Here comes some new Brutus in black 501s
From the pores of his skin
You can smell the cappuccino
And his avaricious eyes are
Shining like the sun
Black bat night come down from your roost now
And cover me with your wings
Under my eyes I shall
Wear your engagement ring

And I'm in love with everyone
Who knows it's hard to build a way of seeing
Who knows that nevertheless that's
The only way to flame into being

But as soon as I decide that this is
Not the place for me to stay
I feel currents that buoy me
Up and bear me away
And burglars or writers will carry
This love away too
Don't regret this, just forget me
Let me release you
And as soon as I decide I'm
More fertile or just more sober
Maybe I'll think of you like
A touching American film
How I left you washing the face of our baby
How whenever I live alone
My hands and eyes work again

And I'm in love with everyone
Who knows it's hard to build a way of seeing
Who knows that nevertheless that's
The only way to flame into being
Yeah, I'm in love with everyone
Who knows it's hard to build a way of seeing
Who knows that nevertheless that's
The only way to flame into being