Code

Brass Dogs

Code


Street lamps stoop and kiss the street 
Cover their eyes in the blazing heat 
Turn the night against the sky 
Fold it through the moon 
The light slides down the reptile tiles 
And gently lie 

Run you through the streets of night 
Run from the sound of laughing 
Knock you out and hold you down 
I hear brass dogs barking 

Break your head against the wall 
Strike the night it's blinding 
The stars are sharp the moon rotates 
It doesn't glide it's grinding 

I've wasted time within your mind 
Time that I came clean 
Show this stallion city buck 
And trample my subversion dream 

What's it like to shout your name 
Ten thousand voices asking? 
I try to speak it but I hear 
The brass dogs barking near 

Down around the back 
Stand up pushed down 
Backs against the wall 
Pushed over pulled back 
In the alley taken behind 
Like a puck on your back 
That turns as you turn 
Turning with you 
Like an imp on your back 
That titters as you turn 
Worming into you 

Trample city flay your hooves 
Call us home 
Our city, our city, our city 
Our city breeds a twisted creed 
Crepuscular creatures seethe 

Try to sleep then just be silent 
Coast the edge of dreams 
I'll curl around you but I hear 
The brass dogs barking near 
I'll curl around you but I hear 
The brass dogs barking near 

Trample city flay your hooves 
Call us home 
Our city, our city, our city 

Down around the back 
Stand up pushed down 
Backs against the wall 
Pushed over pulled back 
In the alley taken behind 
Like a puck on your back 
That turns as you turn 
Turning with you 
Like an imp on your back 
That titters as you turn 
Worming into you 

Tin cans skitter the ground 
Mimic the sound 
Of brass dogs barking 
The brass dogs are barking... 
The brass dogs are barking...