stonedog

Part I: Gilding Lily

Can I speak my part
Or will it go to waste
There's oxygen to start
But with a slightly bitter taste

You can't improve on perfection
It contradicts the age
A life's supply of attention
You're jumping out the page
Jumping out the page

All that glitters isn't gold
Those that shimmer can't be told
All that glitters isn't gold
Those that shimmer can't be told

Can I close this deal
And bring you back around
Remember what is real
Till we're on slightly firmer ground

YOu can't relate to who you were
A cuckoo in the nest
We don't live up to who you are
We failed your litmus test
Your litmus test

All that glitters isn't gold
Those that shimmer can't be told
All that glitters isn't gold
Those that shimmer can't be told

Now I'll pay to keep my place
And worship from afar
And wonder at your gilded cage
Suspended from the stars
From the stars

All that glitters isn't gold
Those that shimmer can't be told
All that glitters isn't gold
Those that shimmer can't be told


Part II - Sound/Bite

Turn the spotlight round on me
Turn the spotlight round on me
I'll be your source of gravity
It's time to find your orbit, baby

I'm gonna be your rising star
Built on bile, and no end of style
Just watch me while 
I bring it

You'll be hanging on my soundbite
I've got what it takes to whet your appetite
I'll make you feel like it's your last night
I'm holding on until the sound bites
Until the sound bites

I didn't mean to make a scene
I didn't mean to act obscene
Bring that spotlight back on me
Your light can't escape me, baby

I'm gonna be your inner scar
Taste of bile and an injured smile
But worth your while
Cause I bring it

You'll be hanging on my soundbite
I've got what it takes to whet your appetite
I'll make you feel like it's your last night
I'm holding on until the sound bites
Until the sound bites

I'm gonna kiss you till you're raw
Your obsession
Cause obsession is nine tenths of the law

You'll be hanging on my soundbite
I've got what it takes to sate your appetite
I'll make you feel like it's your last night
I'm holding on until the sound bites
Until the sound bites

You'll be hanging on my soundbite
I've got what it takes to sate your appetite
I'll make you feel like it's your last night
I'm holding on until the sound bites
Until the sound bites


Part III - Gadfly

Climbing frames and wishing wells
And laughing on the run
To single nights in cheap hotels
And screaming at the sun

Say that I'm a thorn in your side
And I like to be
Eternally right
And I'm wrong again 
Say that I'm that bitter gadfly
You despise because
You just recognised that
I've seen through your forced disguise

Carousels and paddling pools
And pointing at the stars
Entourage, a ship of fools
A stray that's chasing cars

Say that I'm a thorn in your side
And I like to be
Eternally right
And I'm wrong again 
Say that I'm that bitter gadfly
You despise because
You just recognised 

Say that I'm a thorn in your side
And I like to be
Eternally right
And I'm wrong again 
Say that I'm that bitter gadfly
You despise because
You just recognised that
I've seen through your forced disguise


Part IV - Lead Us Home

If you could think of a better world
Then you could lead us home
For your light
Shines brightest alone

If you could think of a better world
Then you could lead us home
For your light
Shines brightest alone

If you could think of a better world
Then you could lead us home
For your light
Shines brightest alone