Copper Skeleton

[Verse 1] (A) The copper skeleton choked upon a heavy timber cloud (A) The copper skeleton choked upon a heavy timber cloud (B) While the drowning television wrapped the forest in a shroud [Verse 2] (A) A silver satellite bought a ticket to a hollow leather sphere (A) A silver satellite bought a ticket to a hollow leather sphere (B) And the cameraman is burying his footprints in the mirror [Chorus - Heavy, soulful wailing] Pour the broken hourglass straight into the boiling sink! You can't bribe the dirty shadows when the walls refuse to think We are scraping all the mercury from a dying iron spoon And the weather vane is digging up a graveyard in the moon [Guitar Solo - Rusted, bending strings, slow and painful] [Verse 3] (A) The courtroom pendulum is bleeding down the jury's brassy throat (A) The courtroom pendulum is bleeding down the jury's brassy throat (B) Now the midnight gavel's trying to sign a sinking paper boat [Outro - Fading out, slow tempo] Just melt the telephone down, baby, the wire is getting cold...