Last Lion of Albion

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Early in the mornin' where there used to be a slough There's a tiny business lake, don't let the cattails fool you Down in the bottom where nothing is born Sleeps a silver dollar with your face thereon [Pre-Chorus 1] Wish I could trace the frowning compass of your mouth Drop a Mercury dime down a Roman drain and summon Mars [Chorus 1] Last lion of Albion They'll use you for centuries to come They'll steal your patents for the sun And you'll feel extinction When you see your face on their money [Verse 2] Late in the heavens that are already bought Sleeps a red planet in the galaxy of a lion's thoughts On the surface, every tendon and intended machine Is gonna buckle, knuckle, kneel on a carpet of lion's tongues [Pre-Chorus 2] Wish I could stand in the spray at the cliff of your sweet revenge Ocean of naked serrated marble crushing in [Chorus 1] Last lion of Albion They'll use you for centuries to come They'll steal your patents for the sun And you'll feel extinction [Chorus 2] Last lion of Albion They'll use you for centuries to come Your wound's the main road into London You'll feel extinction When you see your face on their money [Chorus 3] Last lion of Albion The last she-wolf to mother Rome The last virgin to wash ashore You'll feel extinction [Chorus 4] Last lion of Albion The last of the Mohicans, gone The last cedars of Lebanon You'll feel extinction [Chorus 5] Last lion of Albion Last tiger of Tasmania The last she-wolf to suckle Rome You'll feel extinction When you see your face, face on their money