Year Of The Comet

She's staring at the comet painted on the wall

She says don't be afraid if you think it's gonna fall

When nobody's looking we can pretend to be

Kings of this castle we're not living in

And if we despise the things we can't change

Then I'll be around to make the exchange

So bring out the guard dogs, get a bow tie

We'll have to be on the move

And this, the year of the comet

And this, the age of the bomb threat

Be afraid

We want you to burn

Venus is the angel that stumbles in my room

At five in the morning, complains about the moon

She says when nobody's looking they can pretend to be

Kings of this loneliness we're not living in

And if they despise the things the can't change

Then the should retire from being estranged

So bring out the faces, we've all got a few

We'll have to be in disguise

And this, the year of the comet

And this, the age of the bomb threat

Be afraid

We want you to burn

And I read it on a billboard sign

You were born original

So try not to die

In someone else's clone

Picture us driving along the countryside

Like we're in a movie that filmed overseas

All speaking German except the director

Who's smoking cigars and enjoying his tea

We'd all be laughing, our hair in our faces

Our teeth pearly white and our minds put to ease

Out of the atmosphere comes such a sound to hear

Here comes the comet so get on your knees