Dust

[Verse 1] If only dust could talk, what would we hear it say? Before it's brushed aside just as it's swept away It's just the evidence, it's of no consequence It's only flesh and bone, why don't we leave it alone? [Chorus] If dust could only speak, caught in a falling beam If dust could only cry, if dust could only scream For it's the single witness that might testify Could I spit out the truth or would you rather just swallow a lie? [Verse 2] But dust is always caught beneath a coat of paint Beneath the marble fingernails of kings and saints And in the theatre curtain where they hang a drape And in the ticket pocket where your hands escape [Chorus] Before they start to wander and they start to shrink You rub your eye a little and appear to blink But when she caught you staring, she knows what you're thinking What got into you was not a ghost as such, it was just dust [Verse 3] Here come The Poisoners They choke the life and land and rob the joy from us Why do they taste of sugar, oh, when they're made of money Here come the lamb of God and the butcher's boy Sonny [Guitar Solo] [Verse 4] Why did they dam the land? Why did they flood the plain? Did they erase the stain or wipe away the name? You kept your mouth well shut, appeared to turn your coat Now there's a name for you but it's stuck in my throat [Guitar Solo] [Outro] Well, I believe we just become a speck of dust Well, I believe we just become a speck of dust Well, I believe we just become a speck of dust Well, I believe we just become a speck of dust