Throbbing Gristle
The Old Man Smiled
We vow to thee
Do you love me now that you are alive
Standing here in the desert
The public sitting
How much do you love me
Can the world be as sad as it seems?
At this, the old man smiled
Aiming to devour thee
Through TV turned
Trying to experiment life
Captured clock welcomes you all
Like frantic dreams

The old man smiled
Beyond death
Fading out reeling in snow
This is the world now
Take a thing the world turns
Look at the blind man
Sitting in a row of white stakes
Captured on the TV screen

They tried to eat us
They tried to eat us

Sitting in a cubby in Kamagere
The old man smiled
Talking to caption Clark
About the ferry to Spain
On the 23rd
After 23 years
The plain swallowed him up
Cold, cold snow
Can the world be as sad as it seems?
Will you die for me?
Standing here in the desert
Do you love me
With my knife against your throat
It could only be me
Who'd only do this strain
Now, the old man smiled
Just the same way before
It could all bring insane pain
Begging me seriously
Tiding
That’s the way the world ends
With a windtunnel