The Nails — Ask the Dust

Does the night devour the eyes Of the sun that hypnotize Little cars crash and burn With a sign that says no U-Turn As the day shuts its mouth Thoughts are leaking in the South In the bathroom on the tile Sleeps a cold crocodile Do these words turn to rust Does the tongue ask the dust Ask the dust Ask the dust Ask the dust Ask the dust Metaphysics fuck the meaning I'm alone and so are you Does the heart revenge itself Take its beatings somewhere else And does the brain resent the bone That keeps it there all alone Does the flesh give a shit Of what goes on inside of it And does the blood recall the scene Where fish see red eternally Do these words turn to rust Does the tongue ask the dust Ask the dust Ask the dust Ask the dust Ask the dust Metaphysics fuck the meaning I'm alone and so are you