A-Jigsaw - OLD ACROBAT THE Lyrics

I drove the thunder over the edge, digging like a stranger into the dark
First you learn where you put the knife, and then you learn how to twist it around
A crazy animal in my guts, he told me how to kill
I poked the dying fire to flame, my pain burning slow like green wood
And my maiden's prayer, had a poison deep within
Those were the lies, the lies of an overflowing heart

Oh this old acrobat had his rope torn by your word
Old age brought me nothing, but the cold passing of time
And the end of all things

I heard of a voice that would set me free, so I ordered my legs to bend by its knees
I commanded my eyes and ears - I pleaded my head to understand it.
But that voice sent me round the bend for nothing
This is all that remains of reason. A memory of your thunder
Am I deranged? Was I deranged?
My eyes looked out beyond the end of things. I saw angels laughing at our feats
And darkness crowded in, on the edges of my vision
Still that crazy animal in my guts, he told me whom and how I would kill

Oh this old acrobat had his rope torn by your word
Old age brought me nothing, but the cold passing of time
Oh this old drunken acrobat had his rope torn by your word
Old age brought me nothing, but the cold passing of time
And the end of all things; the end of all these things