Mercury Blues

You were invited but you decided

You were better off

Where you're at now

Don't look for the message

We lived it and left it

Your blood temperature is still tepid

Indemnity, amenities, I hate it, I ate it

The size of the poll

Room for all

Mad as a hatter

But I'd rather that

Than where you're at

Hey, get off of the ceiling

Those memories you're peeling off

Like layers of a cake

That has already been ate

I'd rather forget it all

Than have it vicariously ate

Part environment

And part heredity

What we're born with

And what's been fed to me

I put up the poster

But you never came any closer

Than a rainy day away

The message you heard

Was deafening and noisy

And now we're all suffering

From your mercury poisoning

Mercury poisoning

Hey, get off of the ceiling

And those memories you're peeling off

Like layers of a cake

Those candles have been ate

I'd rather forget it all

Don't look for the message

It's deafening and noisy

We're tired of suffering

Your mercury poisoning

Simultaneously:

You heard all of my stories

So I made up some more

And days wore into december

And there we were at dinner

Deciding how we'd split up

The chores

I heard most of the stories

And I never got bored

And days wore into september

And all I can remember

Is that there was something before