UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Ft. ROSE



Grinding down my teeth

I won’t hide, I won’t hide

Pretty crybaby

I won’t bite, I won’t bite


Burns growing redder, by the second

By the second, third, sixth, seventh

Coiled with a sickness, miss-

You’ve left your skull beside my fission


Turn the maker, one more minute

One more minute, swore I’d do it

Markings on a casket, not neurotic

Nor abstained resentment


I thought you’d ascertain or ask in vain “what else must you resist?”

“I’ve only left a stain, I thought we’ve trained you worse than this”


Poor, sick wolf, nowhere to go

Count your days, you’re sure to blow


Racing sparks, my skull is surely fried

Bide my time ‘till the time is right, I

Open eyes, suicide, it just feels right

Lay in line, wasting time, waiting to die


(Poor, sick wolf, nowhere to go

Count your days, you’re sure to blow)


One more bite, just make it better

Never wake, breathe under pressure

Lay into submission, no permission

In fatal position


Wander through the attic

Call them frantic or erratic

Mirror, hold my hand along the passage

Damn it, simply sick with panic


Nine, one, one!

Inside those lovely afternoons

Swearing we’ve got no more room to hide that face

What have you done?

We’ll treat it with ammonium

Refill when inopportune

‘Hope to see you soon!


(Grinding down my teeth

I won’t hide, I won’t hide

Pretty crybaby

I won’t bite, I won’t bite)


Tuning what I’ve replicated, recreated in a second

Snuff the candle, condensation

Start the engine, bite the bullet


Tell me that it's over, head for cover

Never wake the mother

Cut my losses, strike the match

We’re burning for another hour


Counting blessings in the static

Hug the wire, fuel the fire

Taking air for granted, surely

This is only my desire


Nine, one, one!

Hang up, and watch the headline noose

Got nothin’ to lose, so don’t resuscitate

Damnit, I’ve won!

You’ve promised me a brand new sun

10-56 on the run

Sit still, clear the room