January, 1979 saw a terrible crash

And it couldn't help but laugh

My ear pressed against the past

Like a glass on the wall of a house in a photograph



My forehead no longer sweet

With holy kisses worthy of your fiery lips

I was floating in a peaceful sea

Rescued by a sinking ship



(I could be your servant)

If I could become the servant of all, no lower place to fall

(If I could be your servant)

If I could become the servant of all, no lower place to fall

(I could be your servant)

If I could become the servant of all, no lower place to fall

(If I could be your servant)

If I could become the servant of all, no lower place to fall



You watched me like a 10-car highway wreck with detached

Vulgar curiosity, us looking down on the tops of the hats of us

Passersby from your seventh floor balcony



And grew such a height we missed creatures too small for sight

Carry on over conversation as the misguided insects

Crown me their grasshopper king with a dance of celebration



After years with a crown on my head

I've grown overfed, unconcerned and comfortably numb

Kept busy indulging in the pleasures of the wealthy

Oh someone make me afraid of what I've become



At the first sign of possible sorrow

I turned my heels and ran

Oh, I'll never learn

My life is a cup of sugar I borrowed

Before time began and forgot to return



(I could be your servant)

It was a matter of time, I always said I could see but now I'm going blind

(If I could be your servant)

It was a matter of time, I always said I could see but now I'm going blind

(I could be your servant)

It was a matter of time, I always said I could see but now I'm going blind

(If I could be your servant)

It was a matter of miserable time but I heard somewhere

There was a cure for useless eyes