Khataclimici, China Doll (Ka-Spel, Edward)
Tick Tock
I'll throw the clock against the wall at nine when it starts ringing - raining springs and wheels. We'll take cover in the covers; kill some time and sleep 'til twelve when bells ring in the church across the street. The metal creatures keep the beat - the way it's been since 1600. Shoot them! get my gun... They're dead! Get back to bed. Kill time. We'll sleep... sleep... sleep 'til six, when all the offices unload their bodies; checking watches made in switzerland. I'll fix them. I'll slip a bullet in a zero and like a hero i'll crawl back to bed and sleep... sleep.... sleep. 'til nine (I'll throw the clock against the wall. I never could stand clocks at all!)The Shadow Mask
Born and raised on rainy days. No chance. No space. He waits. He plays. He knows the rules, keeps his disguise - he dips his head to bigger guys. He'll save his knives for midnight when lights are out and mice play perfumed statues in the doorways, kissing air and winking good times for a price. He'll hang out with the smaller guys and pounce... could never stand a man who's not a man; whose hands aren't strong enough to strangle; legs aren't hard enough to kick; whose heads are made for flying bricks. He leaves them dead, his trousers wet, but he keeps his mask in place - it's the only way to keep respect. To stay alive, to live a lie. Night after night. Keep your mask in place.Hotel Rouge
My fingers run through cinders where a fire glowed a day ago. But through the black and silver still a thousand faces stare. They're all the same. I'm watching you through crystal crying crystal tears. They tear red ribbons in my face. One thousand years is much too long to wait, to find and then be torn away. Now I watch you ride your white horse from my room high in hotel rouge.Our lady in madras
Tikka Tikka Tikka Tikka tick Tandoori. Jury stands and hudge condemns >>impurity<<. His head rests in his hands; one finger pointing to the oven. And you were on a skewer waiting for the man to light the gas. So I covered up my eyes (it's my duty!). The cleansing fire. So goddamn hot, the court retired to an air-conditioned room and had a party. Cheap wine, cheese, chapatis. I was partched I was hungry but I stayed with you (i'll burn with you this night, my friend. I'll burn with you!)The Shadow Box
Someone smashed the lamp, so all the shadows stretched and spun a web as haircuts took short cuts. Blades sharp for a deep cut... Dropping from the rust and the ruts just like a guillotine. A blood red rag to mute the screams - sixteen hands are ripping, stripping... waving shredded flags in red and in white in the shadow box balconies of eyes are spying unseen in eiderdowns, dressing gowns, negligees and towels. Unwinding... launching, grinding... they roll off the couches. The devil crouches in the shadow box!Another Tango
It's sundown down in lemon town and lilly's looking sad. She's staring at the mirror counding bruises, bags and sacks to catch the tears. She pulls the sapphire from her ear; runs a buzzsaw across her wedding ring but cuts her finger (it stings!). She shrieks, remembers when he branded >>LOVE YOU<< on her arm and it swelled up like a big balloon. She cried an afternoon; he watched T.V. 'til he felt the need to take her. And Lilly always takes him back. She's waiting for the knock; she snaps a comb, she spreads the make-up thick. She spreads the bed. It's almost ten - she can't stand another night alone.DOTZSONG/Der Khataclimici
Sing while you may thorugh it's hard to sing underwater. Sing while you may... cos it may not be so very long! Mountains walk and empires burn and crumble into seas. We talk about it, read about it... watch it on T.V.... Just sing while you may. Like a fly that's trapped on a window. Sing while you may cos there's nothing in the world that you can change.-----------------------------------------------------------------------