BEIJING

Out of one and into another
Passers-by en route to forever
More myselves just freed from a brain cell
No distance required to travel

I cannot touch you or stay out of your reach
You leave me lost with your figures of speech
For just a brief moment of understanding
I’d crash-land planes, defy tanks in Beijing

Vaguely here just looking for better
Soulmates borne out of antimatter
Not much left against which to rebel
No distance required to travel

I cannot touch you or stay out of your reach
You leave me lost with your figures of speech
For just a brief moment of understanding
I’d crash-land planes, defy tanks in Beijing

Serene young faces in old photographs
A black and white world, no cries and no laughs

I cannot touch you or stay out of your reach
You leave me lost with your figures of speech
For just a brief moment of understanding
I’d crash-land planes, defy tanks in Beijing

I cannot touch you or stay out of your reach
You leave me lost with your figures of speech
For just a brief moment of understanding
I’d crash-land planes, defy tanks in Beijing