Ziggurat Traffic

Back lights they come on strong

they do not wait, they just hold us down

or break our legs and let it stop, Oh let it stop

we were lost in dime-store rules

i was holding myself next to you

and you said "oh wait, oh don't wait"

the things you say, the things you do

they have no effect on you

and i won't kneel now to turn those screws

we take our chances every night

walk out into the hailing strange designs

black ties under blue skies, black eyes under our minds

the ziggurats at your two feet appear so complete

standing just where need, standing just where they need

those kids who torched the hives,

couldn't know how blind the smoke would turn their eyes

how cold the heat would make their minds

just wait, oh don't wait

the slums of bloom won't dissipate

and wait, oh don't wait

let's breath before the air walks off

and speak before we're at another loss

one's coming now

the bloom has come and gone,

come and gone, but we're still young

we'll skate over the sun

old chaos of the sun,

the bloom has come and gone,

i feel another coming, coming on

over the sun, old chaos of the sun