Ammonia Tree - Shriekback

When the giants meet the collossi

makes 'em all look normal size.

They still caused a bunch of mayhem

on the Island of the Flies.

And what the population want now

is not expedient or wise

Under manners to Il Polpo -the undisputed Lord of Lies.

A political solution

proves quite difficult to see

as the rebel forces gather

Under the Ammonia Tree

On that snowy night in Kreuzberg

When we searched but couldn’t find

any echo of the Bowie tune

or what the Russians left behind.

The teutonic plates had shifted

but it didnt seem to cross your mind.

I always liked your Weltanschauung

better than I do mine.

And it was simpler when there was a wall

Back in Berlington-on-Spree

Alles sein in ordnung honey

Under the Ammonia Tree

When your own head bores you

with its bloody awful song

it wasn’t pretty wasn’t clever

and didn’t last for very long:

it felt like looking in the mirror

with all the strip lights on.

(might be a Stendhalian glory

if you can only wait that long).

Is it holy introspection or wrestling futility?

In the quest for Truth and Beauty

under the Ammonia Tree

'Learned the lesson early on: the truth is boring and takes too long

Learned the lesson long ago the truth’s not really what I wanted to know

Learned the lesson back in the day: the truth’s so strong it’ll blow you away

Learned the lesson later on: what’s true remains when the pleasure is gone'