no bangs no whimpers

you want to catch the sun on its swift course
no matter what the meaning of the art
this is no grating horror or remorse

a moment more and we will have recourse
to means and methods that will seem more smart
you want to catch the sun on its swift course

news comes to us of shock and evil force
no one it seems has dared to play his part
there is no grating horror or remorse

we watch the numbers plunge upon the bourse
and nothing happens in the failing heart
you want to catch the sun on its swift course

the proper language and serene discourse
which you were promised vanished from the mart
there is no grating horror or remorse

you think to laugh at the departing horse
while loading all your goods upon this cart
you want to catch the sun on its swift course
this is no grating horror or remorse

no true solitude

you hear no echoes of your vagrant thought
it never seems to matter but you fear
that all will wither in the humid air

no one remembers what they had been taught
there are too many subjects for our care
you hear no echoes of your vagrant thought

you always think of what you should have bought
and all the limits beyond which you won't dare
to wander and the margins of your care
you hear no echoes of your vagrant thought

clarity of inclination

i know the way but dare not show you now
to go this way does not require much pain
speech of this kind imposes a fresh vow

a modern word i might in truth allow
but not enough to cleanse the older stain
i know the way bud dare not show you now

louder than this and you would have to bow
to all the heroes who hold back the rain
speech of this kind imposes a fresh vow

upon the heads of those who could endow
our minds with wisdom open not arcane
i know the way but dare not show you now

we must address the ones who pull the plough
assuring them we understand the strain
speech of this kind imposes a fresh vow

to serve as long as sweat shall bead the brow
since there can be no option to abstain
i know the way but dare not show you now
speech of this kind imposes a fresh vow