White faced phantoms in a foggy rain
Minnows in the pool the way they slip away
And I go fumbling go running in and repossess
The story of my youth
The story of my electric past
Are we running after flickering sparks oh
Are we babbling for diamonds in the dark oh
The way we chase that Mercury
The way we chase that Mercury
Loud like lions in the slickest wool
Desperately we haunt the other animals
But in the end if all we are is dogs out back chasing cars
Then pray that we don't get the things we want
Are we running after flickering sparks oh
Are we grappling for diamonds in the dark oh
The way we chase that Mercury
The way we chase that Mercury oh
Love a pound of flesh
Offer it up to the Gods of American success
Doesn't matter what you are you're only second best
If it's all that you can ever hope to be
The way you chase that Mercury oh
Around your fumble in the mystery
Afraid to be it smells while we pretend to be
Something more than what we are
Losing love a bunch run hearts
Mystified by everything we see
Are we running after flickering sparks oh
Are we grappling for diamonds in the dark oh
The way we chase that Mercury
The way we chase that Mercury oh
Oh the way we chase that Mercury
The way we chase that Mercury oh
Love a pound of flesh
Offer it up to the Gods of American success
Doesn't matter who you are you're only second best
If it's all that you can ever hope to be
The way you chase that Mercury oh
There must be more to this
Our desperate wandering
How do we put to rest
All of our victims and
Beneath the shadows of
All that we think we want
Is there a light we can't see
There must be more to this
Our desperate wandering
How do we put to rest
All of our victims and
Beneath the shadows of
All that we think we want
Is there a light we can't see
The way you chase that Mercury