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Zen (Live)

John Cale
2017-06-274:33 minSynced lyrics

"Zen (Live)" is a song by John Cale, released in 2017 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:33 long and contains 33 lines and 219 words.

Lyrics

0:38It's midnight
0:40And our silver tongued obsessions come at us out of the dark
0:48Scrambling to be recognised before tearing themselves apart
1:18It's zen and the art of Bollywood
1:23Heroes turning on a spit
1:28The lovers unable to resolve a pre historic b**ch
1:58We don't know the half of it
2:02Clever is as clever does
2:07His drawn lights sparkling on a merry go round
2:12Hypnotising everyone on it
2:17In zen and the art of forgery we're losing control of light
2:27De Lorian Picasso Mondre and El Greco some one's gonna pay the price
2:41If I didn't know you better than that
2:50I'd never let you outta my sight
2:57Where is the art of sorcery
3:02We wanna be fooled again
3:07Staggered by deception charmed into submission
3:12Helpless as a deck of cards
3:17It's now the art of reality
3:22Calling a spade a spade
3:27Facing the obvious
3:30A monkey and his grinder
3:33But on a different plain
3:41I see you clearly from day to day
3:49As clearly as I see tonite
3:57Keep talking said the slow eyed Mandarin
4:03I've got nothing to say
4:08Meet me on the staircase on your way down
4:13We'll see if there's been a mistake
4:18In zen and the art of algebra
4:23There is no value for time
4:28Whatever thrives inside the dark
4:33Decays on the outside
It's midnight
And our silver tongued obsessions come at us out of the dark
Scrambling to be recognised before tearing themselves apart
It's zen and the art of Bollywood
Heroes turning on a spit
The lovers unable to resolve a pre historic b**ch
We don't know the half of it
Clever is as clever does
His drawn lights sparkling on a merry go round
Hypnotising everyone on it
In zen and the art of forgery we're losing control of light
De Lorian Picasso Mondre and El Greco some one's gonna pay the price
If I didn't know you better than that
I'd never let you outta my sight
Where is the art of sorcery
We wanna be fooled again
Staggered by deception charmed into submission
Helpless as a deck of cards
It's now the art of reality
Calling a spade a spade
Facing the obvious
A monkey and his grinder
But on a different plain
I see you clearly from day to day
As clearly as I see tonite
Keep talking said the slow eyed Mandarin
I've got nothing to say
Meet me on the staircase on your way down
We'll see if there's been a mistake
In zen and the art of algebra
There is no value for time
Whatever thrives inside the dark
Decays on the outside

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