| My Experiment Tonight�s the night Tonight�s the night I�m testing my experiment To see if the damn thing works right To see if all the math I put myself through All the paper cuts and chalk inhalation Was worth what I should have just spent on a coffee and a doughnut anyway And the night�s growing impatient now As I hesitate And wait To see if the thing might just up and fly on it�s own But even baby sparrows need a kick start out of the nest And this old thing is nowhere near as effortless as the feather was to evolution� And yeah maybe I procrastinate too much So Tonight�s the night Tonight�s the night I�m testing my experiment I�m testing it between my elbow, the ashtray and the gummy bar I�m testing my experiment in precise measures of sulphur On a rusty scale I�m testing my experiment on a stranger on a bus To see if it works over my shoulder with a glance that says �Mind your own�� I�m testing it�s fluidity in the concrete heart of the word �brick� Making sure it comes off with a gentle wipe And sinks deeper than an Auschwitz tattoo I�m creating escape hatches for it In case it goes on a submarine one day I�m testing my experiment at a high school dance In the corner where The Cobwebs hang out Teasing their hair for hours on end As they watch The Cool Boys dance with The Sluts My experiment is easily tested in the creases of Vincent Price�s flickering face On my late night TV as this House of Wax melts into meaningless allusions It�s got batteries It�s got an AC adapter It�s got a solar panel A heart, blood, oxygen And a sore ass on the bus I�m testing my experiment in the pop music residue Seeping out of some fool�s headphones Who�s occupying the seat in front of me I�m testing my experiment on a sad businessman at happy hour I�m testing it with hair-trigger callipers A crescent wrench And a limited bank account I�m wearing thin I�m seeing haze I�m an inch thicker and coughing cacophony until this experiment fizzles out Or this greyhound reaches my next home Tonight�s the night I�m testing my experiment Or maybe it�s testing me. |