Human Torch from Power Cut by Laurie Shaw

Phone lines are twisting
All through the blossom
Built on a flood plain
It’s gonna cost them
Never delivered
The note i wrote you
Johnny Rivers is singing
On the Becker Europa

Cables are cradling
The old downed aspen
I’m the light bringer
I'm a rock and roll singer
Gasping for air
In the hail spatter
That’s just from scaling
The vault ladder

I just wanna be your human torch
‘Cause i’m on fire for you as is
I'll be your flaming effigy
I’ll be your favourite source of heat
I’ll be your leaping pool of fire
I'll chase your leaking fuel desire

I just wanna be your human torch
‘cause i’m on fire for you as is
I’ll settle for a lesser spark
I’ll shoot the dark with poison darts
I’ll walk you through the needle park
I’ll be your human torch
I’ll be your human torch

I'm floor level
I’m always losing
Your mini skirt splices optical fusion
Look at the voltage recalibrating
It’s nothing special, it’s not worth celebrating
Climb on, I’ll meet the chill
Wet leaves clogging up the grill
Revolving door policy
And black mould on your window sill
Shelley, we’re united in an arc of silent lightning
Shelley, you’re just too polite
Stop inviting that shit in

I am a lineman of South Kerry county
My heart is in her make up box
My head is up for bounty
Never been anywhere
Not done nothing
I just heed the call
And she wrecks my empty vessel on the rocks

• Alternative
• alt rock
• pop
• rock'n'roll
• Kenmare