Heroine Elect

In the shadow of the tenements
A rain is slowly pushing rusty inks
Along the pavements
And here we have yet another starless night
As it brings us, face to face
As it brings another face to face
With her appointed fate
And yet again we have the tale
That our aspirations crave
Of that tragic, fatal female

And we have closed our eyes, shut tight
And we have raised her up
Far beyond our sooty clamour
Set her down upon a da'is
And abased ourselves
Before our heroine
How she has captured our imaginations....

In the shadow of machines and terraces
The lights of tout le monde shine
A thousand lives away
She's caught somewhere in this twilight
As it takes her step by step
As it brings her face to face
With her appointed fate
Those filaments, they are queuing
Right along her tired veins
And our lips, they are twitching anticipations

And we have closed our eyes, shut tight
And we have raised her up
Far beyond our sooty clamour
Set her down upon a da'is
And abased ourselves
Before our heroine
How she has captured our imaginations....

And we have closed our eyes, shut tight
And we have raised her up
Far beyond our sooty clamour
Set her down upon a da'is
And abased ourselves
Before our heroine
How she needs only needles and
Guitars....