Momus - The Philosophy of Momus lyrics

Beauty is just the first glimpse of a
Terror we're just about able to bear
Fashion is just the return of the clothes
We're no longer able to wear
Fast food's too slow, slow food's too fast
In the next world the first will be
First and the last will be last
The first will be first and
The last will be last

Those who say no-one is better than anyone
Think that they're better for saying it
The best way to make proper use of your
Time's to sit perfectly still and ignore it
Popular culture's designed by a highly
Trained popular culture elite
A digital city's more easily changed
Than a city of concrete
A city more easily changed than
A city of concrete

Call me a schizoid
I sometimes feel this era belongs only to me
Place matters less as we choose where
To live and who to be
The basic inventiveness that got us into
This mess gets us out again
Often inadequate lovers turn
Into invaluable friends
Inadequate lovers turn into
Invaluable friends

The only real tyranny comes on behalf of
The ones we have chosen to love
Being creative is close to being evil
Being good's just not good enough
Every good man has a bad man inside
Someone making it all possible
The only good drug is a smart
Drug, there's no good death
There's no clean kill
There's no good death, there's no clean kill

Guilt is the engine of civilisation
Guilt that is built on desire
One day I'll write a book
About looking championing the voyeur
Playfulness must be encouraged uncritically
Children are still far ahead
Stop trying to cut off your feet
So you fit your bed, make it longer instead