Toe the Line

Quiet tracks Been reading up on how to Stay relaxed The water is turning a very dark green Think I saw something I shouldn't have seen Fifth floor room The window is barking a Silver tune The mockery reeks of a pattern of mine Tricky stars and their need to align What do you know of the world you claim Temple lips trigger to thumb What do you owe to the maiden name Where's your stubborn surrealism from My father told me hundreds of times Toe the line Watching the temperatures rise Shepherds swear Collection through vexing the Steely air Check your fence for the yield that your work has implored It's the season to slash and ignore Cheap display Tooth and nail for the chance to just Peel away Asked how I can be nihilist in times like these We bleed for different gods And they all bring us back to our knees What do you know of the world you claim Temple lips trigger to thumb What do you owe to the maiden name Where's your stubborn surrealism from My father told me hundreds of times Toe the line Watching the temperatures rise