Museum Glass Songtext
von Skeleton Key

Five nails white
In twisty fingers stretched in matinee
And ten hands high
In donkey-headed, braying alchemy

Eight skins round
In double hand, conjoint cacophony
Twelve strings bound
The swollen ribcage of mythology

And when they′ve brushed away
The blood and dust and metal rust
And swaddled us in velvet hands
And pinned our fragile wings
With shiny pins and blackened grins
Under pressure, under glass
Museum glass


Three fins crown
The bottom-feeding reels of chemistry
And two birds bound
Four blushing pilgrims in their infancy

And when they've brushed away
The blood and dust and metal rust
And swaddled us in velvet hands
And pinned our fragile wings
With shiny pins and blackened grins
Under pressure, under glass
Museum glass

And when they′ve brushed away
The blood and dust and metal rust
And swaddled us in velvet hands
And pinned our fragile wings
With shiny pins and blackened grins
Under pressure, under glass
Museum glass