Roper - Quicksilver Lyrics
On Friday night I came awake like an alarm clockSome shaking junkie's begging out on the sidewalkAnd I could not allow my eyesto meet his deep fear that my soul may still betray meAs if my will had always kept me steadyas if I hadn't caved in alreadyQuicksilver, quicksilverShadows dodge and fadesomething less than why we're madeThis vacant emptiness,this hollow is eatingstabs through my side like thorns, so defeatingThe glint of gold, sparks of silver, shiningthe slightest breath of why we're piningWe take the crumbs like our hearts are at peaceWe are far too easily pleasedI need this burning inside methis brilliant aura, this electricityI'm being haunted by spectres of what might beof imperfections, of nearness to beautyAs life butchers, so sweet yet so sickeningwe have betrayed, for each tiny flickering