Smart Flesh-The Low Anthem

[ti:Smart Flesh] [ar:The Low Anthem] [al:Smart Flesh] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Smart Flesh - The Low Anthem [00:20.49]See the high wire man there before the sun [00:27.54]He goes home at night where he beats on his son [00:34.28]The play right in the attic in his skylight of sun [00:40.40]As the cigarette on his lips [00:45.52] [00:47.64]And his son beats down on the smart smart flesh [00:54.37]It comes down from high in its heavenly stand [01:00.12] [01:00.99]Suggesting redemption will be easily possessed [01:06.85] [01:07.48]For less than any pound of Flesh [01:12.04] [01:14.03]It's terribly important to every man of his state [01:20.48]To settle the score write the record straight [01:26.78]So he may free his slaves where on the death bed he lays [01:33.70]Such sweet and knowing flesh [01:38.76] [01:39.94]Knowing in the end you'll be alone [01:46.41]For lonely death does creep [01:51.91] [01:53.16]So hire yourself a chimney maid [01:59.78]And smoke yourself to sleep [02:05.03] [02:19.97]Among the manikin men all dressed up and in dart [02:26.40]My manic depressive true love she leaves me for lone [02:33.58]The rooster crawls and daybreak is upon [02:38.64]As the cigarette on his lips [02:43.88] [02:44.81]Saying pretty girls go and take your time [02:51.49]For god only knows how you have taken mine [02:56.92] [02:57.85]And seize them clear to the ends of time [03:03.97]To hold the smart smart flesh [03:08.78] [03:09.83]Knowing in the end you'll be alone [03:16.34]For lonely death does creep [03:21.71] [03:22.90]So hire yourself a chimney maid [03:29.20]And smoke yourself to sleep [03:33.92] [04:01.41]Now the hateful play right it's time that he dies [04:08.02]Must visit the judge in a new disguise [04:13.02] [04:14.08]Saying judge in your robes oh judge so wise [04:20.25] [04:21.07]There's something on your lip [04:26.31] [04:27.06]In a man of his state right before he dies [04:32.86] [04:33.42]Must clear the black pages to tarnish the mind [04:39.47]In a bible in a bath for mind to hide [04:46.28]He soak the smart smart flesh [04:52.64]Saying in the end you'll be alone [04:59.07]For lonely death does creep [05:05.56]So hire yourself a chimney maid [05:11.98]And smoke yourself to sleep [05:17.08] [05:45.20]The unknowing tumor is fixing his home [05:50.82]In a damp bed of the catacomb [05:57.38]As a raging war on the high wire unfolds [06:03.61] [06:04.12]She buries her teeth in the flesh [06:08.98] [06:10.48]Now the world's a machine do you know that it's true [06:17.16]For the sole lover's eye laid just outside the room [06:22.52] [06:23.77]He loves itself widely but what can it do [06:29.81] [06:30.50]The cigarette on his lip