the voyeur of utter destruction (as beauty)

Singer:david bowie

i shake

and stare at the sun

till my eyes burn

i shake

at the mothers brutal vermin

i shake

and stare at the watery moon

with the same desire

as the sober philistine

and i shake

worm

the pain and blade

turn and turn again

the screw

is a tightening atrocity

i shake

for the reeking flesh

is as romantic as hell

the need

to have seen it all

the voyeur of utter destruction

as beauty

i shake

turn and turn again

i shake

turn and turn again

i shake

research has pierced

all extremes of my sex

call it a day

call it a day

needle point life

blinds the will to be next

call it a day

today

Lyric Context: the voyeur of utter destruction (as beauty) - david bowie