Dissidents Lyrics - The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby

One more young writer slid away in the night 

Over the border he will drown in light 

Hold it - wait a minute 

I can't read my writing, my own writing! 

Like tiny insects in the palm of history 

A domino effect in a cloud ofmystery 

My writing is an iron fist 

In a glove full of vaseline 

Dip the fuse in the kerosene 

I too become a dissident 

Courting disaster we ran in the night 

Wings of an angel torn in flight 

Check it - verify it 

It's all here in writing, down in writing! 

At the hands of the press 

And in the eyes of the government 

I fell from grace 

I too became a dissident 

Like tiny insects in the palm of history 

A domino effect and an early end to this story 

My writing is an iron fist in a glove full of vaseline 

But dip the fuse in the kerosene 

I too become a dissident.