Dance of the Severed Parts

from fireman (Part 2 of "The Drug Years") by Paul Roessler

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So like an old car that limps along the tires are good but the engines gone
So we in our little way somehow go on parts of us working and some others all wrong
Sometimes the body goes on after the mind has died sometimes the body dies but the mind survives
Sometimes the head is dead but the brain remains sometimes the heart is willing but the feet are lame
And somewhere headless corpses are dancing pirouettes and lighting cigarettes
And bald men comb their ghostly hair amputees foxtrot through the air

Sometimes the body goes on after the mind has died
Sometimes the body dies but the mind survives
Sometimes the head is dead but the brain remains
Sometimes the heart is willing but the feet are lame

The Politician says his lines but his eyes are flat and there's nothing behind
And the teacher teach but the kids can't learn and the bibles are pounded and the books are burned
And the trumpet blows and we toast our health, we march to war but it's against ourselves and
Plugging our ears stabbing our eyes what we can't ignore we learn to deny
And somewhere severed heads spin like tops to carnival(cannibal?) music that never stops
And vicious little mutants (doctors?) with 99 eyes operate on anything they can immobilize
And somewhere eyeless mutants are watching...

Sometimes the body goes on after the mind has died
Sometimes the body dies but the mind survives
Sometimes the head is dead but the brain remains
Sometimes the heart is willing but the feet are lame

And when they both go you can't be far behind
Although I don't know some people do just fine...

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from fireman (Part 2 of "The Drug Years"), released April 2, 2021

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Paul Roessler is a musician, composer and producer who lives in Los Angeles

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