One hand on this wily comet
Take a drink just to give me some weight
Some uber-man I'd make
I'm barely a vapor

They shone a chlorine light on
A host of individual sins
Let's carve my aging face off
Fetch us a knife
Start with my eyes
Down so the lines
Form a grimacing smile

Close your eyes to corral a virtue
Is this fooling anyone else?
Never worked so long and hard
To cement a failure

We can blow on our thumbs and posture
But the lonely are such delicate things
The wind from a wasp could blow them
Into the sea
With stones on their feet
Lost to the light and the loving we need

Still to come
The worst part and you know it
There is a numbness
In your heart and it's growing

With burnt sage and a forest of bygones
I click my heels
Get the devils in line
A list of things I could lay the blame on
Might give me a way out

But with each turn
It's this front and center
Like a dart stuck square in your eye
Every post you can hitch your faith on
Is a pie in the sky
Chock full of lies
A tool we devise
To make sinking stones fly

And still to come
The worst part and you know it
There is a numbness
In your heart and it's growing


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A Comet Appears Lyrics as written by James Mercer

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    This is just how i interpret the song personally..

    He views life as a ride with no destination and different than the rest of the world,

    Water/Liquid is what all humans are comprised of, therefore in order to relate to other humans and pull weight in society he must take a drink to conform and be seen as relevant.

    Uber man refering to ubermensh. a man who disregards religion and societies teachings of morals, and would rather interpret life through his own means. in essence he would be creating a superman that would be enlightened rather than powerful

    I'm barely a vapor - He was raised to live within the present system of morals and norms in society, but recognizes that he is different than the common man

    Berfondon March 30, 2007   Link

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