Somewhere Down That Way

Lyrics

He's wobbling on the edge of time Standing on the thin red line Dividing us, north-south, east-west, black-white The clock on the mantle is ticking still The people gather at the foot of the hill As he reads from two stone tablets carved with lye He's lying, eyes closed, on the ground The wind makes such an infinite sound On the snake-grass, tiptoe quietly through the fields The clock on the mantle is smoking now The people mill about and wonder how As he turns the tablets into steel Somewhere down that way There's a rock fallen from the stars The world just cracks and falls apart Kaleidoscope trapped in its heart So let the raging fires start The people place their bets On buckets filled with hands and heads The day is coming to an end He lets the rope down through the bend Somewhere down that way He's playing with a marching band It keeps him away from the video stand That paralyzes him, tongue-tied, don't know what to say The clock on the mantle has fallen off The people of it have long forgot He picks up the pieces and places it up again Somewhere down that way There's a ghost in the machine Its face is flashing on the screen It speaks of ordinary dreams But no one here knows what it means The people sing a song Of empty parties and before long The daylight's becoming far too strong He pulls the rope down through the throng Somewhere down that way They'll bring down the crown of thorns Bring down the man on the cross Bring down the monarchy It doesn't know what we've lost Somewhere down that way There's a smile hanging in the air It fades and is no longer there The little girl hides in her hair The people gave her quite a scare They dance around a fire Shouting hoarsely, all desire The day is breaking and so the choir Dies away Somewhere down that way