2.4284 : 1/24/17 : Dread

Almost caught

get caught up in the

dread word spiral

wasn't long at all ago

we had a much better

us for the adjective viral

I won't be edified

or taught so why

not let all dread

gray thought pass by

and coast an

early bed

rise to who knows

a different head

One that does not dread

so easily and fast

and hang a slim silver

crown on the main mast

what

2.3197 : 2/2/14 : Event Horizon

Just like that you killed the

event horizon

So many lovely things

I had my eyes on

Was that the moment

Where the dark spot was born

and now I know it

Where am I going to blow my horn

You mean to say you've never read

or even saw my great Obscuro

I meant it to go viral man

You know I was so sure, oh

I guess at last I'm going to

have to go and roll my sleeves up

It's a dirty job but

Someone's got to sweep all these leaves up

what

2.1407 : 3/10/09 : Drawn In

Drawn in again into some

dumb time spiral

My head bemused distracted

by the influence viral

And even after all this time

since I said I think I’m on the mend

the moving finger writes:

and having writ hits send

Guess I knew a long time ago

this routine would just get harder

A little thick on my feet

a little less in the larder

well here’s a clue

well it’s a bomb filled with love

take it to the high cathedral

detonate it in the name of

what

2.1380 : 2/11/09 : Catching

It must be a kind of virus

it must be catching

no matter what I do it comes to this

more desperate last minute scratching

Got no bootstraps, got no boots

got no strength in my arms

I’ve got a way of saying the wrong thing

and you are immune to my charms

I’ve got no real hope of real change

it’s always something too important to wait

We’ll get to that as soon as things settle

provided I don’t snap at the bait

but I’m not going to leave it lying

I am going to get up fierce and fine

and soldier through one more aftermath

and struggle up one more steep incline

what

2.1105 : 5/12/08 : Nothing Virus

3,295 : 47 ?

I gotta shake this all or

nothing virus

oh how these crazy

slings and arrows tire us

will there ever be

real transition

will I ever write down

my true vision

drawn out on the

major time scale

nothing seems important

it all fades beyond the pale

so maybe all the all

or nothing merely

intimates what we

know all too clearly

what

2.923 : 11/12/07 : Independent Contract

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Independent contract

soldier for hire

wielding iron

virus, cold fire

hacking systems

sewn corruption

social contract

economic interruption

only see the

gaudy surface

my dim ranting

tense and nervous

mercenaries

what am I then

a free agent

cut loose again

what

2.866 : 9/16/07 : Solution

3,058 : 5 ?

Another virus worm

twists into my breath

another dim day’s contest

comes to sudden death

doing later again

what I could have done sooner

another ballad cliché

another fly me to the mooner

I tear it off right there

declare that tale told

raise to mind the image

of a tower of gold

wrapped in a hologram

of Purest white

just a strange little scene

I never manage to write

there’s a girl with wings

and a magic machine

at the cusp of contemplation

it all seems so clean

but it all gets messy

in the execution

so till then give what I got

the song a day solution

what

61 : 6/10/98 : Virus

The future is at hand my friend
they've engineered the virus
it seems the world's about to end
They might as well just fire us

‘Cause when it's out that's it man
it'll only take a couple weeks
yeah then we're really in the shit man
wait until the virus speaks

The cup brims the cup flows over
from the sands of the Sahara
to the bonny cliffs of Dover
to la Dulce Riviera

Then we'll all be gone my friend
only the prepared will be around
so sit and sing along my friend
the bastards are already underground

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here