New Secret Weapon

from The Calculated Dream by Eliot Rose

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Seems like
I've been living in a dream-time
Flashing hand signs
Gazing at the passers-by
And dropping my eyes
When theirs meet mine

Eavesdrop
I've been hanging from your rooftop
Shiver and shine
Hair and wires intertwined
In the moonlight
All blue/white

Phone lines
I put a wiretap on your spine
Plug it into mine
Now my body pantomimes
When you move
I move too
As you do

You'll catch me slipping through your dreams when they don't end up as you'd reckoned
As if the sky were a screen on which the beam from your brain was projecting
So put your head between your knees if you feel in the least bit threatened
But if love ain't enough I got the new secret weapon
For you...

You give me eyestrain
I put a microphone in your veins
Shake and convulse
Moving to the beat of your pulse
When you inhale
My limbs flail

My heart flutters
Lighting one fuse with another
Voltage and sparks
Jumping cross the open arcs
Tween my lips
And your lips

(I pulled my hood up
I clutched my drawstrings tight
As if to keep these secrets safe inside my mind

I felt your palms so hot
They burned right through my own
I knew their contours like a bar code etched into my bones)

Satellites dance
When our fingerprints change hands
Time to make plans
Time for you to understand
That it's all right
It's all right
It's all right

I keep my fists in my sleeves but they could come unsheathed at any second
And if you look into the dark you might see a hidden fingertip beckon
So keep your head between my knees if you feel in the least bit threatened
But if love ain't enough I got the new secret weapon
For you...

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from The Calculated Dream, released August 8, 2008

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Eliot Rose is the stage name of American musician Eliot Rose.

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