John Cale - Zen
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John Cale
"Zen"
From HoboSapiens, 2003
[Verse 1]
It’s Gmidnight, and our silver-tongued obsessions
Come Amat us out of the dark
CScrambling to be recognised
Before Amtearing themselves apart
[Chorus 1]
It’s Gzen and the art of Bollywood
AmHeroes turning on a spit
CLovers unable to resolve
AmA prehistoric bitch
[Bridge 1]
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[Verse 2]
GWe don't know the half of it
AmClever is as clever does
His Cdrawn lights sparking on a merry-go-round
AmHypnotizing everyone on it
[Chorus 2]
In Gzen and the art of forgery
AmWe're losing control of light
DeCLorean, Picasso, Mondrian, El Greco
AmSomeone's gonna pay the price
[Bridge 2]
BbIf I didn't know you better than that
I'd Amnever let you out of my sight
[Verse 3]
GWhere is the art of sorcery?
We Amwanna be fooled again
CStaggered by deception, charmed into submission
AmHelpless as a deck of cards
[Chorus 3]
It's nGow the art of reality
AmCalling a spade a spade
CFacing the obvious, a monkey and his grinder
AmBut on a different plain
[Bridge 3]
BbI see you clearly from day to day
AmAs clearly as I see tonight
[Verse 4]
"Keep Gtalking," said the slow-eyed Mandarin
Am“I’ve got nothing to say
CMeet me on the staircase on your way down
AmWe'll see if there's been a mistake"
[Chorus 4]
In Gzen and the art of algebra
There Amis no value for time
WhatCever thrives inside the dark
AmDecays on the outside