[00:00.00]Small Metal Gods - David Sylvian [00:49.10]It's the farthest place I've ever been [00:58.05]It's a new frontier for me [01:07.65]And you balance things like you wouldn't believe [01:16.35]When you should just let things be [01:27.79]Yes you juggle things cause you can't lose sight [01:34.65]Of the wretched story line [01:42.34]It's the narrative that must go on [01:50.05]Until the end of time [02:06.62]And you're guilty of some self-neglect [02:13.69]And the mind unravels for days [02:22.74]I've told you once [02:26.77]Yes a thousand times [02:32.61]I'm better off this way [02:41.91]I'm better off [02:45.02]This way [02:57.82]Where's my queen of hearts my royal flush [03:05.32]I have cleaned and scrubbed her decks [03:14.65]A suicide my better days [03:23.38]There's nothing I regret [03:36.88]I've placed the gods in a zip-lock bag [03:44.75]I've put them in a drawer [03:51.21]They've refused my prayers for the umpteenth time [03:57.72]So I'm evening up the score [04:04.72]Small metal gods from a casting line [04:11.02]From a factory in Mumbai [04:18.64]Some manual labourer's bread and butter [04:27.16]And a single-minded life [04:37.94]Small metal gods cheap souvenirs [04:44.12]You've abandoned me for sure [04:52.12]I'm dumping you my childish things [05:01.88]I'm evening up the score