LYRICS - Nightwater
Underneath the killing sky
Bed of roaches
Creeping carpet
Give me water or I値l die
Give me water, cool nightwater
From the sea-pools of your eyes
Give me water, sweet nightwater
Give me water or I値l die
Down the sluices of oblivion
Drain a reservoir of thirst
Shooting stars
Like stock-car headlights
Flash and flicker, flare and burst
The children of the Hydra
Born of beetle blood and dung
Dance like dervishes in sulphur
On the ashes of my tongue;
Am I falling? Am I walking?
Is the universe run dry?
Did I drink? I知 ever thirsty
Give me water or I値l die
Let it thunder if I知 angry
When I知 thirsty let it rain
Give me water
Sweet nightwater
Let me hear your voice again
Give me water, cool nightwater
From the sea-pools of your eyes
Give me water, sweet nightwater
Give me water or I値l die
Downstream at a burning ghat
Beside the river痴 rim
A leper slipped into the flood
And he taught the tide to swim
The waves were full of radios
Static on the ether
The corpse snagged on a hyacinth
They floated down together
The children of the Hydra
Born of beetle-blood and dung
Dance like dervishes in sulphur
On the ashes of my tongue;
Am I falling? Am I walking?
Is the universe run dry?
Did I drink? I知 ever thirsty
Give me water or I値l die
Give me water, cool nightwater
From the sea-pools of your eyes
Give me water, sweet nightwater
Give me water or I値l die