An Elegant Chaos

Julian Cope

[Verse 1]
Busy at home
I was happy for a while but the joke is over
Looking down
At the carefully laid out infamy
Take a scythe, take a scythe
To the rotting core of man-vegetation
Now I sigh
At the cool, cool attitude to ignorance

[Chorus]
The look in your eye when you gave this to me
Just put me on my guard
In this elegant chaos I stand to one side

[Verse 2]
Shouting, "Ha!"
Was I forced into this or was it given to me?
It's a nice idea
As a gift or as something to try for a while
70 years
It's neither one thing or the other
My big fear
Is to dig it at last and have it taken away

[Chorus]
The look in your eyes when you gave this to me
Just put me on my guard
In this elegant chaos I stand to one side
In this elegant chaos I stand to one side

[Bridge]
It's not a problem of secrecy, I take it in my stride
Did I learn to breathe to be killed like this?
Faces to the glass, I see them televise my death
Oh, and here comes the part where I break down and cry

[Verse 3]
People I see
Just remind me of mooing like a cow on the grass
And that's not to say
That there's anything wrong with being a cow anyway
But people are people
With the added advantage of the spoken word
We're getting on fine
But I feel more of a man when I get with the herd

[Chorus]
The look in your eyes when you gave this to me
Just put me on my guard
In this elegant chaos I stand to one side
In this elegant chaos I stand to one side

[Outro]
In this elegant chaos I stand to one side
In this elegant chaos I stand to one side
In this elegant chaos I stand to one side
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Trivia about the song An Elegant Chaos by Julian Cope

When was the song “An Elegant Chaos” released by Julian Cope?
The song An Elegant Chaos was released in 1984, on the album “World Shut Your Mouth”.

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