"Assault & Flattery" lyrics

"Assault & Flattery"

Your arms are only fleshy sticks dangling from your trunk
But the rubber band'll hold onto things when you are looking for food or love

May only be a sack of bones rattling in a skin
But afternoons in darkened rooms keep us fashionably slim

Your eyes are only orbs floating in their sockets
Just like glazed eggs cradled in their sauce bowls

But they reflect the sky truthfully
And can tell the time
Even from Roman plots

We may only be a sack of bones rattling in a skin
But afternoons in darkened rooms keep us fashionably slim

Your legs are only wheels for moving along the ground
But they find their own way for man to be sound asleep, without oil or water

May only be a sack of bones rattling in a skin
But afternoons in darkened rooms keep us fashionably slim