Flame Into Being Lyrics - Momus

Now the weight of the books has crushed my delicate fingers 

I'm not trying to be Paganini any more 

All I dream about these days is sex with strangers 

Rats in spats and bowler hats on the dance floor 

Some days my head is the turret for a machine gun 

And the world is torn apart by a hail of words 

In tongues of fire the rookie priest reads the lesson 

And I would like to quote him chapter and verse 

He said "I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard 

To build a way of seeing 

Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way 

To flame into being" 

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I was always the sucker that got led into temptation 

When I didn't have a job, couldn't pay the bills 

But stretch me out on your tasteless warehouse sofa 

And there or somewhere else I'll do your will 

Maybe I'll come out clubbing on a rainy night in Soho 

So many clichés have sentimental truth, don't you find? 

You be Judith and I'll be Holofernes 

Living with a beautiful woman 

I'm jealous all the time 

And I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard 

To build a way of seeing 

Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way 

To flame into being 

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So take me to the people who'll gratify my ego 

Because under the swagger I don't know who I am 

Caesar beware the ides of adolescence 

Here comes some new Brutus in black 501s, ha! 

From the pores of his skin you can smell the cappuchino 

And his avaricious eyes are shining like the sun 

Black bat night come down from your roost now 

And cover me with your wings 

Under my eyes I shall wear your engagement ring 

And I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard 

To build a way of seeing 

Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way 

To flame into being 

But as soon as I decide that this is not the place for me to stay 

I feel currents that buoy me up and bear me away 

And burglars or writers will carry this love away too 

Don't regret this, just forget me, let me release you 

And as soon as I decide I'm more fertile or just more sober 

Maybe I'll think of you like a touching American film 

How I left you washing the face of our baby 

How whenever I live alone 

My hands and eyes work again 

And I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard 

To build a way of seeing 

Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way 

To flame into being 

Yeah, I'm in love with everyone who knows it's hard 

To build a way of seeing 

Who knows that nevertheless that's the only way 

To flame into being 

- -by the flowers