Helium

Saint Christopher, help them please
I saw them floating on a little breeze
Their hearts were tiny and their eyes were black
When I heard the whole world crack
Born in the time of the awful power
Out of the ground like little flowers
I saw them listen to the radio
And I can still hear it go

When the sun comes up under the ground
The love is shining all around
Down by the river the dragons play
Digging for the light of day

I don't care if it takes too long
I really don't care about this song
I'll be outside with the other freaks
Because our wills are weak
I can't see you on this awful day
I can't see you anymore anyway
Radio waves are in the way
It's the dawn of the cosmic day

When the sun comes up in your mind
Say goodbye to all of your kind
Down by the river the dragons die
Watched by prophets in the sky

Hush now, do not cry
The crystal tear dropped from your eye
The man would have to die
To stop this lullaby

And when the song is done
The dead of night will have just begun
A thousand birds will fly down
And plant your teardrops under the ground

Do you hear the planet sing
We will fly on a moth's wing
Up to where there is no sound
While your tears grow under the ground

I count the stars almost every day
The aging astronauts have floated away, oh
I watch the future from the edge of the night
The same stars that killed you will bring you light

Will you go on without your friends
There's a time for everything except the end

The same picture hasn't got the same past
You've seen the good times, baby can you make them last
I ride a plane almost every day
I've seen the freaks lost in the milky way

Will we go on until the end
I know it's coming but I just don't know when

Do you think you'll die when this river runs dry
Took of all of my friends and said goodbye
On a roller(?) with the wind you sleep on high
Between outer space and the sky

Did you ever think that it would end
When I found out how you got messed up with all my friends
Did you think that I would tell a lie
It's been across the ocean in your eye

Over the trees and the Mayfair
With a hundred birds flying in your hair
When you were in the backyard getting high
And I really don't care and I don't know why

In this neverending summer of disease
When we fell asleep and died beneath the trees
Did you ever think that I would lie
I can see the motion in your eye

Sitting on a pinstripe
Blowing like the ocean
Darling I can tell a lie
The queen is behind you
Keep the night at your side
We could dance 'til we die
With you

Cuz we're sitting on a pinstripe
Blowing like the ocean
Darling I would never lie
The queen is behind you
Loves your soft motion
I can't sing this lullaby
Without you

Vibrations everyday
In the dark you feel okay
Do you see the outline in the sky
Do you think the planets will collide?

Pretty baby watch the cold wind blow
He had a heart made out of snow
That will dissolve as the flowers alive
One, two, three, four, five

Have they fit you in their dark disguise
The necklace of thirty eyes
Tell me why the sky is full of birds
What is coming, have you heard?

I saw you turn into a butterfly
His heart was smiled and a star in the sky
It disappeared when it started to snow
I thought I told it's time for me to go

Well we looked beyond the farthest wave
The water is the darkest grave
Can you see beyond the farther sign
To the prophets as they wait in line

Sailing under Scorpio in the sky
I watch for you with my eye
But if the stars are something you can't find
I already told you, you can call me anytime

And she knows you never ask her to come over
But she doesn't care
And she combs her hair over and over in the mirror, oh
And she spits and swears until she can't swear anymore
And she doesn't care when you call her a whore

You better watch out for her
She'll eat you up and she'll spit out the furs
She'll talk about you to all of the girls
But you wait for her

'Cause she's sweeter than a honeycomb
And that's why you stay at home
And she's slower than Valium
And that's why you stay at home

And she goes so that you can hardly see her
It's so slow
And I know she's low and dirty, but she told you so
Lady of luck, she's a roll of the dice
And it feels so right and so does your price

You'll see she'll put a spell on you
She did it to me and changed my point of view
She'll tie you up so that you can't move
As you wait for it

'Cause she's sweeter than a honeycomb
And that's why you stay at home
And she's slower than Valium
And that's why you stay at home

'Cause she's sweeter than a honeycomb
And that's why you stay at home
And she's slower than Valium
And that's why you stay at home

that girl knows where she doesn't go
in the river with the rest of the bones
under the water under the stones
away from the parties and the telephones

until I'm gone, until I'm dead
I'll be making a wish on this empty head
maybe I should just go to bed
or try to pray or something instead

that girl knows where she doesn't belong
under the ground where the days are long
under the round earth's revolution song
looking up through the dirt at right and wrong

until I'm gone, until I'm dead
I'll be making a wish on this empty head
maybe I should just go to bed
or try to pray or something instead

i want everything you do
don't tell me you don't think that it's true
i can do anything you can do
don't tell me you think that i'm rude
cause i do anything you do
don't tell me that i'm rude
i want everything you do
don't tell me you think that i'm rude

that girl knows where she wants to go
out on the river in a little life boat
out on the castle's muddy moat
and through the walls with the rest of the ghosts

until I'm gone, until I'm dead
I'll be making a wish on this empty head
maybe I should just go to bed
or try to pray or something instead

i want everything you do
don't tell me you don't think that it's true
i can do anything you can do
don't tell me you think that i'm rude
cause i do anything you do
don't tell me that i'm rude
i want everything you do
don't tell me you think that i'm rude
i can do anything you can do
don't tell me you don't think that it's true
i do anything you do
don't tell me that i'm rude
don't tell me that i'm rude

A glass eye I use to spy.
Little tiny teeth that tell a golden lie.
My feet are small, I'm not that tall.
I'll tell you the truth, but really not at all.

I'm small like a superball, throw me at the wall
I'm fragile like an eggshell, I'm mad as hell.

My teeth are gold, I'm not that old.
I would tell you the truth, but I'm not that bold.
Hook me with your hand, my mouth is full of sand.
Everything I say ends with and.

I'm small like a superball, throw me up at the wall
I'm fragile like an eggshell, I'm mad as hell.