The Ocean - Austerity Lyrics
Pouring whiskey in dried-out bodiesCoarsely hewn by wood and loveDeep inside them smolders slowlyThick as yeast, green bitternessHelpless, their eyes are blindAnd all their thoughts are simpleTheir ears are deafAnd all their songs are trivialTheir loves have gone sourAnd all their looks are vacantTheir food is foulThe art they makes lacks the challengeAll their minds are emptyAll their thoughts are simpleAll their songs and books are trivialAll their ears are deafBirds who once flew with passionNow they're easily caught with bare handsLocked in cages, learning their lessonsBullets for the already deadTasteless, our tongues are dumbAnd all our speeches are hollowOur minds are numbAnd all our books are shallowOur loves are sourAnd all our looks are vacantOur food is foulThe art we make lacks the challengeAll our minds are emptyAll our thoughts are simpleAll our songs and books are trivialAll our looks are vacantBirds who once flew with passionCan easily be caught with bare handsLocked in cages, learning their lessonsBullets for the already deadCan you still see, the stars, the SkyThrough layers of gray?They're fading awayCan you still see the stars?It's hard to think of the oceanWith the sweet stench of piss in your hairMorning air still invades every wallpaper cellYear after year after yearAll these years those walls were emptyCurtains yellowed, now white with moldLardy plaster, the paint is peelingFrom the ashtray, swathes of blue smokeCorrosive watersBlack rain falls the seventh timeUnyielding minds of coalJaws opened wideThey changed their bedsDearly white sheets weeping like shroudsThis is the chamberWhere their God spent his final hourCan you still see the starsThrough layers of gray?Or have the city lightsTaken their place?The stars are fading awayAway, away, awayEyes leap at the baitWe march in circles under Jupiter's swayEyes will fall prey to the cheatOne more surrender and we'll suffer defeat
